[ She isn't mad about it! It just tickles her pink for a lack of a better word.
Also is she mildly disappointed that the (probing) teasing didn't land? Maybe. But hearing that he isn't taking payment isn't entirely surprising to her. ]
What? We can't have a secret, text only tryst? Oh well, I guess our love can never be.
I can't imagine him being shy about anything. But alright, I will.
[ 'From a friend' might still not be accurate, but he lets it slide. Truthfully, he's concerned about any extra attention the Free Cities puts on Viktor. ]
No, not more common than carriages yet. They're very common in other worlds, though. For travel and exercise.
[ Kyle has bought Viktor a (belated) gift, and is asking about his pastry preferences. If that doesn't say friend, then Hilda's definition is clearly different from his. ]
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𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦?
𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦?
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I don't know what that is.
Maybe I'm sweet on you.
He offered to make blueprints for something, and he never wants coin.
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Also is she mildly disappointed that the (probing) teasing didn't land? Maybe. But hearing that he isn't taking payment isn't entirely surprising to her. ]
𝘏𝘮𝘮...𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵.
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳?
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I'll bring you all the treats if you'll be in Nocwich this weekend.
It's for a bicycle. I'm having one made for the some of the Summoned who work as couriers.
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[ Not that she'd be upset about it. ]
𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴.
𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?
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A doctorate? He must be busy.
It's... [ he sketches a rough drawing ] ... you can ride it, instead of a horse.
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𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥.
[ There's a brief pause before she responds about the bicycle. ]
𝘏𝘶𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴?
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I can't imagine him being shy about anything. But alright, I will.
[ 'From a friend' might still not be accurate, but he lets it slide. Truthfully, he's concerned about any extra attention the Free Cities puts on Viktor. ]
No, not more common than carriages yet. They're very common in other worlds, though. For travel and exercise.
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[ Kyle has bought Viktor a (belated) gift, and is asking about his pastry preferences. If that doesn't say friend, then Hilda's definition is clearly different from his. ]
𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦? 𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘺. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵?
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Not on these. But you could probably ask Viktor to make some adjustments if you wanted to commission a two-seater.
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[ She's just going to pretend Kyle didn't imply she was strong or anything. ]
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?
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I bet you could design one.
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[ ... Vikky? ]
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[ If the pastries make him smile, then he will be glad. ]
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