[ What Claire doesn't know, what she can't know unless or until she goes home, is that the magic is there inside of her, waiting to be used for the first time while acting as midwife. Traveling the through the stones has changed her, given her the ability, but back home, she hadn't learned how to tap into it. ]

You're not wrong. Most of those people just so happened to be women with strong opinions.

[ Claire listens, nodding along as Tifa speaks, then she gives a soft chuckle. ]

You know, you've made me realize that I started building my little circle around magic; Himeka and Wanda led to meeting so many others, and now that little circle feels like an entire community.

[ She doesn't mean to sound so sentimental, but she can't help it. And the longer she's here, the more it means to her that those people are still here with her. ]

I only wish I could get to those who aren't here in Solvunn.

[ A frown touches her lips before raising her cup to take a sip of tea. ]

I've never lived anywhere with borders quite like this.