[ Claire frowns deeper than she thought she would, and she has to take a moment to soak that information in to process. It takes a minute or so for her to reply. Keeping this private was, absolutely, the best thing to do. ]

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠, 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟?

[ And then, because she isn't completely graceless: ]

𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑.