[ She's being casual about it to keep Hilda calm, but the truth is she's been taking an extended break because she isn't sure she can do much more near-dying. ]
[ Is this close to having a heart attack when she reads Claireโs words about encountering several creatures that she isnโt sure sheโs equipped to fight. ]
[ That's definitely not an answer, Claire. As difficult as it is for her to swallow, as much as she'd like to protest her decision, Hilda understands. Sometimes she wishes that people weren't so selfless; it would mean they're less likely to get hurt in moments like these. But all of that selflessness is what made Claire, Claire. ]
[ It's unlikely that she is Claire's youngest nor does she actually want her to worry for her the most, but it feels her chest with a happy warmth to read those words regardless. ]
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[ She isn't getting away that easily! Hilda practically has a sixth sense for these things - look who she's friends with. ]
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[ Yet. She still has an encounter to go and doesn't know it. ]
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ?! ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต?
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[ She's being casual about it to keep Hilda calm, but the truth is she's been taking an extended break because she isn't sure she can do much more near-dying. ]
๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ผ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข, ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ก.
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๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ! ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
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[ Which isn't an answer and she knows it. And she also knows Hilda isn't a child, and deserves to know what's happened. ]
๐ผ'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ก โ๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐. ๐ผ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ .
[ There's a pause in the words before Claire adds: ]
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐, ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐.
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด.
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[ Claire sighs and rubs her forehead, trying to stave off a pending headache. She should at least rest, but when? ]
๐ผ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐.
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[ She's kidding of course. ]
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ.
[ ...The ones she had run into didn't really count. ]
๐'๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!
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[ She's also teasing, she has no idea if that's even right. But she does care for Hilda an immense amount. ]
๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ก'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐, ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ก? ๐๐๐ค ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ค๐.
and fin!
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.