[ Somewhere in Cadens, Hilda lets out a scream so loud that Jill might very well hear it in Thorne. That's twice this month that she's let out an unholy squeal of excitement on behalf of those in her life. If this is how the year is starting, she's hopeful for what it will bring.

Words flash across whatever surface Jill is in front of more like a scrawl than Hilda's usual elegant handwriting as if she can't contain her excitement (because she can't). ]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥?!

𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥! 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤? 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘱? 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘑𝘪𝘭𝘭! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩.