Oh, be quiet. You always look nice. [ Ciri huffs, halfway between complaining and teasing. ] But we accidentally ended up kind of matching...
[ She's not sure if it's comforting or annoying that Hilda is simply the same way she's always been, as forward and friendly as ever. She has this habit of leaning just far enough into flirtation territory to get Ciri thinking about it, and never much further than that. Between several incidents over the past year or so, the most recent of which ended up with them napping on each other in Ikorr maybe a bit more intimately than 'just friends' would, Ciri had already started to feel awkward about Hilda's affections.
The experience during their three-week sojourn in the crater has only made things even more confusing.
Ciri has no idea what Hilda remembers, though.
And she doesn't want to ruin the mood. ]
Close enough to a surprise at this point, isn't it? That sounds pleasant.
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[ She's not sure if it's comforting or annoying that Hilda is simply the same way she's always been, as forward and friendly as ever. She has this habit of leaning just far enough into flirtation territory to get Ciri thinking about it, and never much further than that. Between several incidents over the past year or so, the most recent of which ended up with them napping on each other in Ikorr maybe a bit more intimately than 'just friends' would, Ciri had already started to feel awkward about Hilda's affections.
The experience during their three-week sojourn in the crater has only made things even more confusing.
Ciri has no idea what Hilda remembers, though.
And she doesn't want to ruin the mood. ]
Close enough to a surprise at this point, isn't it? That sounds pleasant.