[ Desperate to try and make herself useful, Hilda is so laser focused on trying to keep an eye out for any additional sign of their friends — hell, of anything — that Petra’s featherlight touch has her looking more startled than she’d normally allow herself to show.
The words bounce off her, self-imposed humbleness and a need to shrink herself inside the confines of her dull role rearing their heads. A lump forms in her throat, blocking her from voicing the self-deprecating thoughts, but the loudest one almost slips through: Of course Petra would say that, she’s the only one left out of their friends that was left. Sylvain and Claude would be more helpful than she could ever be whether it was here in the desert or back in Cadens. Instead she forces it away, mumbling — ]
I’m glad you’re here too.
[ Thankfully, the sudden tug of the leash and the low growl of their tracking dog is enough to draw her from her thoughts. It rushes down the dune, tugging Hilda along whether or not she’s ready — and she certainly isn’t. She lets out a surprised yelp, feet almost dragged out from under her as she’s tugged towards a tall, willowy blonde figure in the distance. ]
Woah — wait, wait, wait! Shouldn’t you give us more of a warning?
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The words bounce off her, self-imposed humbleness and a need to shrink herself inside the confines of her dull role rearing their heads. A lump forms in her throat, blocking her from voicing the self-deprecating thoughts, but the loudest one almost slips through: Of course Petra would say that, she’s the only one left out of their friends that was left. Sylvain and Claude would be more helpful than she could ever be whether it was here in the desert or back in Cadens. Instead she forces it away, mumbling — ]
I’m glad you’re here too.
[ Thankfully, the sudden tug of the leash and the low growl of their tracking dog is enough to draw her from her thoughts. It rushes down the dune, tugging Hilda along whether or not she’s ready — and she certainly isn’t. She lets out a surprised yelp, feet almost dragged out from under her as she’s tugged towards a tall, willowy blonde figure in the distance. ]
Woah — wait, wait, wait! Shouldn’t you give us more of a warning?