[ Hilda's expression is similar to Claude's: brows knit together in concern as she chews at her lower lip slightly with her teeth. It's a bad habit that had been groomed out of her at an early age for the reason that it was unladylike and sometimes she did so hard enough that it made her lip bleed. Her governess had done an astounding job at ridding her of the habit (it was mostly the nasty medicine she had smeared in Hilda's favourite lip gloss to deter her from doing so) and it rarely reared its head anymore. Except for moments like these apparently. 

She understands why Sylvain immediately reverts back to his "Everything is Fine" mode mostly due to the fact they're all probably some of the worst culprits of it. Being around one another only manages to perpetuate it. Sylvain returning to crystal collecting proves to be a blessing in disguise - if only for purely selfish reasons because the mimicry the bird had done had been something she didn't need or want either of them to hear.

All the same she watches Sylvain's back with that same worried expression until a beat later Claude pipes up, clearly choosing to bookmark this for a later time. The glance is all she needs to confirm that and she's quick to follow along.

Her voice immediately brightens without a beat of hesitation. ]

Now that you mention it, I think I remember being with Ignatz when Setheth told it. I thought it was a cute story but Ignatz thought that it might have been about him. I don't know how he got that impression. After all, it's not like Setheth was trying to call him lazy or anything. If he was going to do that he would have just told him so, don't you think? 

[ Ignatz's frown is deepening even further somewhere in Fodlan. ]