Hilda slowly lowers her hand, looking over at him. It takes a moment or two before a smile crosses her face and she nods once, firmly, assured. ]
Yeah. I'd like that.
[ And then, because things are starting to seem a bit too sincere for her tastes: ]
— It'd be nice to have someone else do the heavy lifting for once. You're all making me work.
[ It could be a real complaint, if one didn't know Hilda — any Hilda, really — all that well. But it's meant to cut through the tension, add a bit of humor into the mix, and keep things from dwelling too much in the darkness. He's not avoiding her, she's not thinking of a million different scenarios as to what happened to him in her head, and everyone is making her work and that's really what's terrible here.
It's not a perfect method, but she's trying. ]
I bet you'd have some idea when we get there too, maybe.
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Hilda slowly lowers her hand, looking over at him. It takes a moment or two before a smile crosses her face and she nods once, firmly, assured. ]
Yeah. I'd like that.
[ And then, because things are starting to seem a bit too sincere for her tastes: ]
— It'd be nice to have someone else do the heavy lifting for once. You're all making me work.
[ It could be a real complaint, if one didn't know Hilda — any Hilda, really — all that well. But it's meant to cut through the tension, add a bit of humor into the mix, and keep things from dwelling too much in the darkness. He's not avoiding her, she's not thinking of a million different scenarios as to what happened to him in her head, and everyone is making her work and that's really what's terrible here.
It's not a perfect method, but she's trying. ]
I bet you'd have some idea when we get there too, maybe.
[ Maybe. ]