[ Ciri pulls back too, a bit suddenly, eyes wide. ]

That's not what I meant! Just-- you know, it would have been quite rude of you to do that as a ruse without any other reason, and I'd have been likely to take offense.

[ It's not like they're close, or even really friends (yet, according to Ciri), so Ciri can only surmise she's either being made fun of, or for some reason, Hilda thinks she's attractive enough to flirt with. If it's not the former, Ciri's isn't upset--

But that just leaves her confused, and trying valiantly to recover from looking like a slack-jawed idiot. ]