𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧...𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘕𝘢-𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰?

[ Same letter, but not quite there yet.

There's a beat before her reply comes through. This would have been a very different response had she and her friends not laid everything out on the table. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.

[ It's the same goals Claude had but her methods still aren't something Hilda could ever see herself understanding. ]