[ Like he suspects, Hilda doesn't even have to turn her head towards Claude to feel the tension coil in his body like a spring. Even if she didn't see Sylvain's surprise that quicky turns into worry, or see Petra's gaze widen, there's no stopping the prickle of cold dread and anxiety that washes over her.
She didn't know what the symbol meant; someone smarter than her probably would, but it was still something. Some sort of clue as to who was doing this and why they were doing. Her brow furrows and she let's the symbol lie ominously between them all. ]
Altair and I went to a bandit's camp just on the edges of the Badlands. [ There's no time for her to regal them with the hilarious brother/sister cover story that she had come up with for them. Not when time was a precious resource. Not when there were other more pressing matters. ] They don't seem to know what's going on anymore than we do so I wouldn't be surprised if there were some of them down there with you. But we spoke to one of them [ Spoke to is generous. They knocked him out shortly afterwards. ] who thought that there were unnatural forces at play or something. So Kyle and the Lunae might be able to tell us something.
[ It's all too heavy, too dark for her tastes. She huffs, cheeks puffing up slightly at Claude's silent apology and she turns her attention to a tangential topic instead. ]
You've both done plenty. We just want you two to keep each other safe. [ Her stomach turns, realizing how mean it is to say that, as if they hadn't been trying already. As if they had any say on the terrible things that had been done to them. ]
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She didn't know what the symbol meant; someone smarter than her probably would, but it was still something. Some sort of clue as to who was doing this and why they were doing. Her brow furrows and she let's the symbol lie ominously between them all. ]
Altair and I went to a bandit's camp just on the edges of the Badlands. [ There's no time for her to regal them with the hilarious brother/sister cover story that she had come up with for them. Not when time was a precious resource. Not when there were other more pressing matters. ] They don't seem to know what's going on anymore than we do so I wouldn't be surprised if there were some of them down there with you. But we spoke to one of them [ Spoke to is generous. They knocked him out shortly afterwards. ] who thought that there were unnatural forces at play or something. So Kyle and the Lunae might be able to tell us something.
[ It's all too heavy, too dark for her tastes. She huffs, cheeks puffing up slightly at Claude's silent apology and she turns her attention to a tangential topic instead. ]
You've both done plenty. We just want you two to keep each other safe. [ Her stomach turns, realizing how mean it is to say that, as if they hadn't been trying already. As if they had any say on the terrible things that had been done to them. ]