[ He has said before, he's glad Viktor has her for a friend. ]
We talked briefly. We'll talk again next month.
[ He doesn't want to admit much more. This might be where he teases Hilda about still being madly in love with her, as is their usual game, but this time he doesn't. ]
Eight hundred years is a long time to spend with anyone, I think.
But I know what you mean about not wanting to assume anything about what happens now, after all of that. It's hard, not knowing. Do you think one of them will bring it up to talk about, or will it have to be you?
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[ There's a tinge of disappointment in those words. But ultimately she can't say she's surprised. ]
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳?
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No. I had to leave her.
I guess you must know about Viktor's plan to figure out the Summoning ritual, to give everyone a choice?
[ They had talked around this once before, a while ago. ]
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[ And those were places she was coming to realize that she'd do anything to protect. ]
𝘐 𝘥𝘰. 𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
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You'll keep looking out for him over there?
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𝘐𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰? 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵?
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We talked briefly. We'll talk again next month.
[ He doesn't want to admit much more. This might be where he teases Hilda about still being madly in love with her, as is their usual game, but this time he doesn't. ]
What about you and your men?
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𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦...𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥? 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬? 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵.
[ Realizing how unreassuring that is she's quick to explain herself. ]
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦.
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Eight hundred years is a long time to spend with anyone, I think.
But I know what you mean about not wanting to assume anything about what happens now, after all of that. It's hard, not knowing. Do you think one of them will bring it up to talk about, or will it have to be you?
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𝘐'𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
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I know well enough from Claude, but I guess I can't really judge.
[ He's not much different. Sorry about all the men in your life, Hilda. ]
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[ Even if she's oddly quiet about her own feelings. It really doesn't help things when the men in her life are the way they are. ]
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 - 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴.
[ Speaking of other people's love... ]
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[ He doesn't know what else to say about that, so he'll just leave it there... ]