[ That's Hilda for you. Her mouth and mind run a mile a minute even if it's just through a field of flowers. Both are the only kind of cardio that she'd willingly do.

Even though she's busied herself bringing some of the vegetables over to the grill, Wilhelm still has her full attention. She gazes at him curiously in turn like it's a surprise that she had her moments of doubt before giving him a bit of a crooked smile as she brushes a light layer of oil onto the vegetables. ]

Claude and I had a bit of a misunderstanding after I arrived.

[ That was...putting it lightly. They'd never fought the way they had in their six years of knowing one another. Everything until that point had been petty and silly. Then again, feelings hadn't become as tangled as they had here. Her friendship with Claude isn't much of a secret, but she can't recall speaking candidly about it with Wilhelm. It had never come up. ]

We were - are - close, but there was some time between us. As in he was from the end of our war and I'm still in the middle of it. [ She shrugs slightly at the mention of war because really, what could be done about that? ] Add to the fact that he had been Abraxas for a year and I could tell something was different. I just didn't know what it was and it affected our relationship.