[ She can't help warn him jokingly even when the kiss to the top of her head brings about some colour to her cheeks.
Sylvain's statement about Abraxas offering him something Fodlan never could lapses Hilda into a contemplative silence. Levity is hard to keep up when realizations keep dawning on her. What else had she been so willfully ignorant about? ]
I didn't know it was that bad at home, Sylvain. I wish...there was more I could have done to help.
[ There's more that goes unsaid, like how she would have fiercely stood up for him no matter what demons he had faced. But she fears the expectations that come with that, fears him laughing at her like her words as nothing more than that. Anxiety constantly has her waffling about her abilities, even when others need support the most and she wishes that wasn't the case. ]
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[ She can't help warn him jokingly even when the kiss to the top of her head brings about some colour to her cheeks.
Sylvain's statement about Abraxas offering him something Fodlan never could lapses Hilda into a contemplative silence. Levity is hard to keep up when realizations keep dawning on her. What else had she been so willfully ignorant about? ]
I didn't know it was that bad at home, Sylvain. I wish...there was more I could have done to help.
[ There's more that goes unsaid, like how she would have fiercely stood up for him no matter what demons he had faced. But she fears the expectations that come with that, fears him laughing at her like her words as nothing more than that. Anxiety constantly has her waffling about her abilities, even when others need support the most and she wishes that wasn't the case. ]
What was it that made it so bad?