[He gets enough of it to get the gist, and although her comment is both morbid and stupid, that in itself is also comforting. A win all around, really.
Of course, as it turns out, the watch actually would have been very useful. Not only is keeping track of time difficult in this place, but it would've been helpful when he'd had to free himself in the aftermath of the ritual, though that probably also would've destroyed the watch and added another to his tally.
But because of the ritual and everything that went along with it afterward, it's near the end of week two before he both remembers and is capable of messaging her again. He doesn't want to talk about the ritual itself, and with as many people involved as there were, surely someone's gotten the word out about that and so he focuses on relaying something else.]
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Of course, as it turns out, the watch actually would have been very useful. Not only is keeping track of time difficult in this place, but it would've been helpful when he'd had to free himself in the aftermath of the ritual, though that probably also would've destroyed the watch and added another to his tally.
But because of the ritual and everything that went along with it afterward, it's near the end of week two before he both remembers and is capable of messaging her again. He doesn't want to talk about the ritual itself, and with as many people involved as there were, surely someone's gotten the word out about that and so he focuses on relaying something else.]
T̷̨͚̩͎̥͍̠͐h̷̟́ḛ̴̜͙͚͊̓̽̈́ŕ̸̩̚ȅ̷̥̝̜̯̿'̸̹̺͓̗̻̂̓͘͜s̶̖̼̉͛̾͝ ̷̛̖͕̳̘̘̽̊̈̕s̵̡̳̘̞͍͕̑̑̇̀͊̒hrines. They'̷̣͍́̑̀͋͗v̶̧̪̖̞̖͙̹͂ẽ̸͔̫̎̒̎͒͘ ̴̳͓̼̖̯͔̗̈̈́̄b̸̧͉̩̙̈̈̀͂ȩ̴̣͎̈̂ë̷̯͈̂̀ń̷̥̞̉̈ ̷̢̭͇͕̩̙̒̆̃̈́̄ͅc̷̨̦̣̯̯̝͔̀̃̿̇̂͗h̴̜̅̔͐͝͝anging.
[He can't concentrate enough to resend the messages, so how much gets through is mostly up to Hilda's deciphering skills.]