[ Hearing that Wanda hasn't seen tooth or claw of a dragon before doesn't surprise her. Hilda's own experience with dragons hadn't exactly been pleasant. The surprise that Wanda hasn't seen a wyvern however does surprise her considering that she and Claude were friends. Purposefully, she omits their mutual friend. ]
The dragon, I'm not surprised about. But I'm surprised you haven't seen a wyvern here. [ Her eyes light up, hopeful. ] Would you want to?
[ Now that she had spent some considerable amount of time around lizards, she can draw some similarities between Veliki, Mali and Waffle (they were similar enough in her mind at least) she's fairly certain that Wanda would love wyverns. Even if they were just in the Horizon, Waffle still felt real enough to her because he was a reminder of home. And, Hilda realizes, she wants to share things of Fodlan with Natasha. ]
I feel like I have to repay you somehow for helping me with my costume. Why don't we wait until later once I've dressed? I want to keep them a surprise until we leave!
[ The prospect of introducing Wanda to Waffle seems to evaporate the moment Wanda utters Claude's name and asks her a question she hadn't been expecting. There's a moment where her expression stutters, like she's misjudged or assumed that there was a step where there wasn't. She hadn't thought that she nor Claude had done a particularly convincing job that they were getting along at the meeting they had with Wanda and Matt, but she hadn't expected the woman to bring it up. And certainly not point blank like that.
Hilda considers brushing it off, pretending that things are fine even though they aren't. Instead she responds with a wry, curious smile and a question of her own. ]
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The dragon, I'm not surprised about. But I'm surprised you haven't seen a wyvern here. [ Her eyes light up, hopeful. ] Would you want to?
[ Now that she had spent some considerable amount of time around lizards, she can draw some similarities between Veliki, Mali and Waffle (they were similar enough in her mind at least) she's fairly certain that Wanda would love wyverns. Even if they were just in the Horizon, Waffle still felt real enough to her because he was a reminder of home. And, Hilda realizes, she wants to share things of Fodlan with Natasha. ]
I feel like I have to repay you somehow for helping me with my costume. Why don't we wait until later once I've dressed? I want to keep them a surprise until we leave!
[ The prospect of introducing Wanda to Waffle seems to evaporate the moment Wanda utters Claude's name and asks her a question she hadn't been expecting. There's a moment where her expression stutters, like she's misjudged or assumed that there was a step where there wasn't. She hadn't thought that she nor Claude had done a particularly convincing job that they were getting along at the meeting they had with Wanda and Matt, but she hadn't expected the woman to bring it up. And certainly not point blank like that.
Hilda considers brushing it off, pretending that things are fine even though they aren't. Instead she responds with a wry, curious smile and a question of her own. ]
Did he say something?