[ Tone is notoriously difficult to discern from text. It doesn't help that Hilda isn't as familiar with Shepard with this being their first meeting - but with what's been told to her, she can't imagine that it truly is just "fine".

Decorum and lack of familiarity dictate however that she leaves it be. Instead she turns to what she's familiar with: being endlessly encouraging and cheerful in an effort to support someone. ]

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴! 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?

[ Oh. And silly. ]