[ She hadn't gotten a lot of impressions of Hilda's background yet, but her way of speech made Natasha think she might be a from a world pretty different from the one Natasha is used to. So phrasing was probably going to be tricky here. ]
I guess a more accurate term would be sort of... protectors? Guardians? Our world ended up drawing a lot of attention from questionable powers thinking we'd be an easy mark. There was a group of us set apart because of our skills to keep people safe.
[ There's a hum of understanding that doesn't get translated from Hilda's end. ]
𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵! 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? [ She's running through Sam, Steve and Wanda — all mostly ordinary looking in their own right (well except maybe Steve; he was as built as Raphael was) — but she knows better than to assume anything based on appearances alone. ] 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩?
Most of us were trained, although most of us were selected because of our training, if that makes sense. A few of the members were born with what we labeled enhanced abilities. Others got some through accidents or other sources. And then a few of us were just normal and very good at our jobs.
[ The enhanced abilities bit particularly reminds her of Crests; Hilda didn't know how forthcoming the others might be to sharing information like that with someone considering it was related to their blood, but if Sam trusts Natasha, it's enough for her.
After a moment more of contemplation she quickly sends the following — ]
You're not the only one with that problem. There's a lot of people in Thorne who aren't used to it either. Although it makes for some very interesting misunderstandings at times.
[ Hmm. That's a distinctive way of phrasing it. ]
Is it passed down generationally or just something that has a chance of appearing in anyone?
[ The Gonerils, she thinks, are an odd exception to the generalization of noble families and their take on Crests. Which only leads her to wonder what life would have been like for her if Holst hadn't been the way he is. ]
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[ She hadn't gotten a lot of impressions of Hilda's background yet, but her way of speech made Natasha think she might be a from a world pretty different from the one Natasha is used to. So phrasing was probably going to be tricky here. ]
I guess a more accurate term would be sort of... protectors? Guardians? Our world ended up drawing a lot of attention from questionable powers thinking we'd be an easy mark. There was a group of us set apart because of our skills to keep people safe.
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𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵! 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? [ She's running through Sam, Steve and Wanda — all mostly ordinary looking in their own right (well except maybe Steve; he was as built as Raphael was) — but she knows better than to assume anything based on appearances alone. ] 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩?
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[ The enhanced abilities bit particularly reminds her of Crests; Hilda didn't know how forthcoming the others might be to sharing information like that with someone considering it was related to their blood, but if Sam trusts Natasha, it's enough for her.
After a moment more of contemplation she quickly sends the following — ]
𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤.
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[ She can almost feel that hesitation as Hilda debates, but she just waits, letting her make her decision all on her own. ]
Is it something they are born with? Or something they receive?
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[ There's another pause. No harm in admitting that she has one now that she's nudged this particular door open. ]
𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥.
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[ Hmm. That's a distinctive way of phrasing it. ]
Is it passed down generationally or just something that has a chance of appearing in anyone?
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[ Kidnapping definitely isn't on her list of interesting though. ]
𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺'𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 — [ Her thoughts briefly flit to Sylvain and his older brother. ] 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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[ She thinks of what she knows and how that would affect things if added into the mixture. It probably makes things rather complicated. ]
Screws up straight lines like lineages and succession, I take it? Are those with crests treated differently than those without?
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𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
[ There's another brief pause before she admits — ]
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦.
[ The Gonerils, she thinks, are an odd exception to the generalization of noble families and their take on Crests. Which only leads her to wonder what life would have been like for her if Holst hadn't been the way he is. ]