The free candy bag to the face caught Claude by surprise, but due to the training he'd been put through, he was able to intercept the bag of candy. Though why the bag was there in the first place was rather puzzling, to be honest. A surprise, but not necessarily unpleasant. Claude opened it up and stuffed a hard candy into his mouth. Maybe this group wasn't as bad as he had expe- There it was! 

[i]'Longer than you, that's for sure,'[/i] Claude thought, rolling his eyes and scoffed at Castiel's idiotically arrogant question and obvious notion of superiority. Him? Die? What a stupid idea. The moment he dies, the moment he ends his family line. And there was no way in hell the Frenchman would let that happen; if he were to die, he'd damn well deserve it for letting himself die and failing his family. He grit his teeth and turned his hands into fists. Not good to dwell on that line of thought. Not good at all. Though he did crack a slight smile when their mentor started berating the bluenette.

Though, Claude did have to respect the girl's... [i]Enthusiasm[/i]. Maybe if he had less tact, familial obligation, and restraint, he could've ended up asking that very same question. Being able to basically solo every mission he was to be assigned to would be perfect.