[ Regardless of whatever persona she might be donning, it will never stop Hilda's love for stories. Their mention of the shared themes only further serves to intrigue her - but then that does bring up a question that she hadn't considered. ]

You think they were pranks made up just for us?

[ She can't help but sound mildly amused at the thought. Pranks never failed to amuse her and that would have been a good one. ]

Not that I'm doubting their abilities to pull something elaborate like that off, but don't you think that would have taken a huge amount of coordination? And what if someone gave it away?