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𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥?
[ Claude, what the hell! She thought he was the Master Tactician! Okay, think Hilda. This is fine. ]
𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?
[ Claude, what the hell! She thought he was the Master Tactician! Okay, think Hilda. This is fine. ]
𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?
Something like that. Actually, that might be a good way to put it, and promise they're harmless.
[ Probably. Still feels like a good qualifier to put in there despite all the other... vagueness. ]
She's pretty excited about them! What do you think?
[ Probably. Still feels like a good qualifier to put in there despite all the other... vagueness. ]
She's pretty excited about them! What do you think?
[ Wait a minute...is that what she thinks it means? ]
[ Play it cool, Hilda. Claude really came through with that line about testing out new products because that's definitely the farthest thing from the truth. ]
𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴.
𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? 𝘞𝘦'𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴.
[ What it says on the tin obviously, Steve. ]
[ What it says on the tin obviously, Steve. ]
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘺𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳.
𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦! 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦?
[ Don't actually answer that question, Steve. ]
𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
[ Don't actually answer that question, Steve. ]
𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
Oh c'mon, would I ever lead you astray?
[ There's the briefest pause, as if Claude might've gotten distracted by considering what Steve might actually answer to that if given the chance to consider it, and so the next part is hurried right along. ]
Let's see. There's some lotions and scrubs - not half bad for when it's so dry here - and a couple of facial masks. But if you ask me, the eyebrow treatment is the real star in there after it follows all the rest, of course.
[ There's the briefest pause, as if Claude might've gotten distracted by considering what Steve might actually answer to that if given the chance to consider it, and so the next part is hurried right along. ]
Let's see. There's some lotions and scrubs - not half bad for when it's so dry here - and a couple of facial masks. But if you ask me, the eyebrow treatment is the real star in there after it follows all the rest, of course.
No, of course they aren't! I wouldn't say bad enters anywhere into the picture. Just think of it as another way to spoil yourself like getting a massage or whatever else! It's never a bad thing to treat yourself to something new now and then, right?
No, it's not. It's just also not the sort of thing I usually do, I guess.
[ Which is why he's being difficult. Well, that and the lingering feeling that the two of them are up to something. ]
Is there a reason she's decided I'm the one she'd like to test this out on?
[ Which is why he's being difficult. Well, that and the lingering feeling that the two of them are up to something. ]
Is there a reason she's decided I'm the one she'd like to test this out on?
𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
[ That doesn't not answer his, "Just for the fun of it question" but it should suffice, right? ]
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.
[ That doesn't not answer his, "Just for the fun of it question" but it should suffice, right? ]
All the more reason to embrace it, really! And not that I know of, just that we both thought maybe our friends might be the best ones to receive some spoiling first. That's what we're here for, right?
[ It had been her first thought when she had met him at Sam's Thanksgiving dinner a year ago. ]
𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦.
𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦.
[ Raphael as a segue is perfect. He's sending out a silent thanks to Hilda to be followed by a much better one later. ]
Oh, yes. He's a good friend of ours also from the academy days and... well, everything that followed after since he's also from the Alliance. He also never said no to any of Hilda's treatments and always enjoyed them. Actually, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure he also took some back home to spoil his little sister since he said she and the rest of their village just had to try them, too.
Oh, yes. He's a good friend of ours also from the academy days and... well, everything that followed after since he's also from the Alliance. He also never said no to any of Hilda's treatments and always enjoyed them. Actually, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure he also took some back home to spoil his little sister since he said she and the rest of their village just had to try them, too.
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