[ Rubbing at her bottom lip with a finger, she thinks. ]

𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡.

[ Claire isn't sure if it matters that this person is in Thorne or not, but pershaps. She has to admit, she isn't sure how to treat what he's explaining. ]

𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑥 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒.