[ For a minute she doesn't reply. Whether it's because she's in shock or laughing is hard to say. Really, it's a little of both. ]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

[ When her god self had heard it after the fact, Hilda remembered her not being worried as much as she was amused and upset that she had missed it. ]

𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵? 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳?