I'm glad that that isn't the case for you and your friends. [ A smile flickers to her face to show that she genuinely means it. A little timeline confusion might be a bit of a headache, but things could be worse. ]

A little headache is a small price to pay if it means that they're alive and well.

[ Hilda doesn't think she needs to say that war leads to plenty of uncertainty. She's curious about Steve, but there's something that tells her that as friendly as he is, there's a distance there that feels all too familiar. If experience told her anything, those sorts of things took time.

She lets a comfortable silence fall between them, the sound of the turkey inflating and chatter of people in the house fill the air. When it's all done, she pushes herself up from the porch and rushes towards the ridiculous looking balloon. ]

That was so much easier than I thought it would be! I'll have to remember this if I want a balloon at the gates of our domain. [ She grins over her shoulder at Steve. ] Thank you for helping me. Why don't we finish up with the rest of the decorations and then we can head inside?