[ Any gentle humor deflates from Claire, and she closes her eyes for a moment. ]

𝑂ℎ, 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝, 𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛.

[ The offer is genuine, Claire likes Wanda, very much, and wouldn't mind. ]

𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓. 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜.

[ Claire pauses, but then: ]

𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ.