- dark claude's finger did a zappy thing when he recommended the ribbon to Jeanette, which i bet was his black magic
- athy + raven + Jeanette + ribbon = athy's mana goes wild (jeanette's the activator, bc she has black magic)
- claude cures athy, which causes the black magic to affect him instead of her
- the black magic and their magic attributes don't match: hence why he has headaches and why it gets worse looking at athy, bc he gave his mana to athy and his is rly pure
- it feels better when he's with Jeanette bc she's a child of black magic and he got affected by it, the attributes match. however, being with her is detrimental bc it speeds up his death, the child of black magic speeds up the process of his 'curse.'
- i'm guessing in the original story dark claude curses claude using a different method, probably right before the debutante, and that's why he accepted Jeanette even though she was a product of ex-fiancee + dark claude
- ^this point above is also probably the reason claude is 'cursed' and dies with headaches in the original afterstory. he hated athy bc he mistook the headaches as a byproduct of heartache from seeing athy and her resemblance to Diana. he murders her to relieve the pain, and it does go away--because the pure mana goes away. however, he dies when Jeanette looks about 18-20, because now he's completely surrounded with black magic.