And it's 100% true for all of them just like everything else I say!
But hold on, that is a second betrayal since I didn't even get to see the results of how it did or didn't go. I was hoping that intricate pattern you wanted to try might've lasted through the nap since it seemed like it'd be good enough to stay.
[ Which may come off as surprising and far more mature than Hilda is prone to being. It may also have a lot to do with the fact that it's Viktor and they're both well aware of how incredibly private he is. ]
[ That's entirely fair - and exactly what Claude guessed Hilda would say. Maybe she might find it surprising about herself, but he doesn't. Not after the myriad of secrets she'd kept (and has kept) for him, and a fond smile curves its way over his face as he considers her response. ]
A year or so is the exact timeline I was thinking of, mostly because I operate on the same one. [ Self-awareness! But for something he means just as much, and far more seriously - ] And I remember after Jayce disappeared all too well on top of that. I think it will be a good thing for both of them. I said as much to Viktor, too.
[ Reading that makes her lips twitch and her hands still, briefly pausing her confetti-making. The confirmation that they're on the same page may seem like a strange thing to take some comfort in but that doesn't change the feeling. And in that is some certain level of relief that he doesn't seem to object to her keeping this knowledge to herself. ]
Hey, who knows what the Singularity could do next! It wouldn't be all that surprising if someone got that ability.
[ Minus the actually exploding part, but. ]
Viktor was browsing a stall near me and was clearly thinking about purchasing something. I offered my opinion on it and eventually he said it was for Kyle. All the more reason to be glad we've got some extended time in Nocwich for once since it'll be good for them.
Is there a spell for it? We could add it to the list.
[ Right after the sleep spell, of course. ]
And that... sounds pretty fitting, actually. Viktor was buying something to make a knife for Kyle - also very fitting. [ And he means that genuinely! Though it does also get him to pause and think for a moment. ] This is probably how our friends sound when we're buying some assortment of random things for each other or for Sylvain, isn't it.
You make a very good point. We could probably get back into some good graces by asking for help with research while we're at it just to make the... incident [ because that's definitely what it was - ] a further thing of the past. But wait a minute, what's wrong with daggers? I happen to like the ones you've both bought me!
Well, I think we'll find out on that one once we walk in and see what the reaction is. No time like the present to find out, right?
And should I be worried or impressed this has somehow overtaken being known for our garden? Oh, and now seems like a good time to mention I've found another plant to bring back with me just to see what it'll do.
She could probably really lecture us for the full Seteth effect if we wanted to go for nostalgia's sake.
And it'll be outside! That's what the door on the greenhouse is for and the ones in the loft. Plus I don't think the lizards have figured out to pull anything into their rolling contraptions just yet, so they're definitely safe.
Absolutely not, but I know the two of you got along.
[ Relatively. At least more than someone openly questioning every last thing the church did, anyway, since he's pretty sure he'll never be on the list of Seteth's favorite students. Or even people. ]
Gods help us all the day that the lizards figure out they can team up with Khurshid. Or get him to open doors because you're onto something about the lock since I found him looking too proud of himself for figuring out the closet door the other day.
[ In the same way Setheth was unlikely to count Claude amonngst one of his favourite students, the same could probably be said about her. Except she probably could say with certainty that the devout man tolerated her beyond the status of just former student. Otherwise why else would he have looped her along on a project born out of his own passion for storytelling? At least, that's what she assumed. She hasn't quite plucked up the courage to ask yet. ]
I'd rather you do whatever it is you want to do, Hilda.
[ Whether that's things involving Seteth or otherwise, but - ]
And maybe? Rather than picking locks I think he might be more prone to biting them what with also being proud of his teeth. That's my best guess since he's going through another biting phase on top of that, but maybe it wouldn't be the worst to find some sort of puzzle to keep him entertained before he bites too many things around the loft.
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But hold on, that is a second betrayal since I didn't even get to see the results of how it did or didn't go. I was hoping that intricate pattern you wanted to try might've lasted through the nap since it seemed like it'd be good enough to stay.
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𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵?
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[ He's kidding about the regret part, but really: imagine what they could get up to with it. ]
Don't let my lamenting stop you if you've got more to reveal.
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[ They'd get into so much trouble. It's probably for the best that neither of them know it. ]
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦? 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯.
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[ Also, wait a minute. That's his own logic being used against him here. In that case - ]
When was I going to find out about Viktor and Kyle?
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[ Which may come off as surprising and far more mature than Hilda is prone to being. It may also have a lot to do with the fact that it's Viktor and they're both well aware of how incredibly private he is. ]
𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘺𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭...𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
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A year or so is the exact timeline I was thinking of, mostly because I operate on the same one. [ Self-awareness! But for something he means just as much, and far more seriously - ] And I remember after Jayce disappeared all too well on top of that. I think it will be a good thing for both of them. I said as much to Viktor, too.
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𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵?
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𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵?
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[ Minus the actually exploding part, but. ]
Viktor was browsing a stall near me and was clearly thinking about purchasing something. I offered my opinion on it and eventually he said it was for Kyle. All the more reason to be glad we've got some extended time in Nocwich for once since it'll be good for them.
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[ Something to consider. ]
𝘈𝘸, 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧. 𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴.
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[ Right after the sleep spell, of course. ]
And that... sounds pretty fitting, actually. Viktor was buying something to make a knife for Kyle - also very fitting. [ And he means that genuinely! Though it does also get him to pause and think for a moment. ] This is probably how our friends sound when we're buying some assortment of random things for each other or for Sylvain, isn't it.
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[ Sounds like the sleep spell might have to compete for the priority spot. ]
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
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[ Except that's definitely what it was. ]
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘺.
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And should I be worried or impressed this has somehow overtaken being known for our garden? Oh, and now seems like a good time to mention I've found another plant to bring back with me just to see what it'll do.
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[ Forget the Dagger Guy vs. Poisonous Garden Guy debate. ]
𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘺𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴?
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[ Since, you know, they'd been on the receiving end of it. Many times. ]
We have a book around somewhere to double check for that, don't we?
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[ But maybe that's because she's a librarian and she and Hilda haven't quite hit friend status yet. Wait. Are she and Setheth friends? ]
𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦!! 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
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And it'll be outside! That's what the door on the greenhouse is for and the ones in the loft. Plus I don't think the lizards have figured out to pull anything into their rolling contraptions just yet, so they're definitely safe.
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𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬.
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[ Relatively. At least more than someone openly questioning every last thing the church did, anyway, since he's pretty sure he'll never be on the list of Seteth's favorite students. Or even people. ]
Gods help us all the day that the lizards figure out they can team up with Khurshid. Or get him to open doors because you're onto something about the lock since I found him looking too proud of himself for figuring out the closet door the other day.
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[ In the same way Setheth was unlikely to count Claude amonngst one of his favourite students, the same could probably be said about her. Except she probably could say with certainty that the devout man tolerated her beyond the status of just former student. Otherwise why else would he have looped her along on a project born out of his own passion for storytelling? At least, that's what she assumed. She hasn't quite plucked up the courage to ask yet. ]
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵! 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴?
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[ Whether that's things involving Seteth or otherwise, but - ]
And maybe? Rather than picking locks I think he might be more prone to biting them what with also being proud of his teeth. That's my best guess since he's going through another biting phase on top of that, but maybe it wouldn't be the worst to find some sort of puzzle to keep him entertained before he bites too many things around the loft.
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