Hilda knows she asked the question but she certainly hadn't been expecting...that. Thank Goddess for text because she's definitely spluttering. Congrats, Alucard. ]
[ The axe is question actually sits right by her bedroom door so she can remind herself to get it sharpened at some point. Old habits die hard even if you're in deep denial about them. And lazy. Mostly lazy. ]
[ She can use a sword and a spear too. But she's not admitting those things. ]
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦?!
[ The response to his sparring question comes several beats later to the point where it might seem she isn't going to answer it. Words are quickly scribbled out, as if she's hastily trying to do so before she takes them back. ]
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I'm saying I have a particular tendency to befriend women who could probably break me if I wasn't a dhampir. It is a value neutral thing.
But if you ever need a sparring partner ....
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Hilda knows she asked the question but she certainly hadn't been expecting...that. Thank Goddess for text because she's definitely spluttering. Congrats, Alucard. ]
𝘐 - 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 - 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦?
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Look at least he's coming by all of this honestly??? This is what he's really like Hilda, sorry.]
You'd be surprised....
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𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯! 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘦.
[ Why, yes, she's still committing to the bit. ]
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Hilda, this is the part that's probably closer to teasing.
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[ Nice try, mister. ]
𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦? 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯! 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?
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[he's trying hard
Hiding is a strong word but...it takes me time to be informal around others.
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[ The axe is question actually sits right by her bedroom door so she can remind herself to get it sharpened at some point. Old habits die hard even if you're in deep denial about them. And lazy. Mostly lazy. ]
𝘖𝘩. 𝘖𝘩! 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴?
[ Are they friends?! ]
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[H i l d a.]
Yes?
[Just don't say the f word out loud, he's allergic. Or something.]
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She's getting that vibe even from over text and is absolutely going to try to get him to say it. Or write it. Whatever. ]
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 '𝘧' 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥...
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How can I think that word when you won't tell me your weapon of choice?
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𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴?
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...𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹𝘦.
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Thank you, my friendly associate who I appreciate and value.
And I do mean it if you'd like to spar. I am perfectly capable of tamping down my natural abilities.
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𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦?!
[ The response to his sparring question comes several beats later to the point where it might seem she isn't going to answer it. Words are quickly scribbled out, as if she's hastily trying to do so before she takes them back. ]
𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦?
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...Probably? What is it?
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𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰? 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.
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Of course. It'll remain between us, and I'll leave Jaskier to you for the remark.
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[ And she thinks she's scared the living daylights out of the poor bard. Oops. ]
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘈𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.
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