[ The 'oh' that hangs in the air says more to Hilda than any string of words might have otherwise. Or rather, she thinks it says something. She's never been so confident or arrogant in her ability to notice things about other people; it's always been easier to leave that to people like Claude or people who needed to use perception for something useful.
For Hilda, the realization that she liked girls as much as she liked boys, hadn't come as a large shock to her. There had been no internal conflict, no worry that people would think less of her, because it only stood to reason that her charmed life extended to that part of herself too. She had been lucky that she had simply come to accept it as a fact about herself and that others had too. Fodlan had its faux pas, but the love between those of the same sex wasn't one of them. Not really. But just because she had been so lucky, didn't mean that it was the same for everyone else.
That's perhaps why, when the little 'x' appears rather shyly (could words emote? Even if they can't, Hilda thinks that Robin's 'x' does), is all the more precious and meaningful to her. She senses it's not the time to push the subject so she doesn't — but that doesn't stop her from teasing her. ]
Was it totally lame like is it one of those things that's only cute if you do it because I totally understand like wow how out of character for me I mean like I am definitely not the kind of person who signs off with little kisses like that totally tracks for you because you're all cute and bubblegum pink and a princess or something but I'm more like someone who signs off with "cool dude!" or fingerguns or something more along those lines actually while I'm on the subject do you think it's weird if you sign off exclusively with 'o's like for hugs so it's like less intense than a kiss but also still testing the waters with the know xoxo thing which is pretty you know affectionate which is also not to say I don't feel affectionate towards you I mean I think that would be pretty hard since you're so nice and sparkly and all that but I don't want you to think I'm trying to force my kisses on you you know like you said it's important if the other person actually wants them or
[ The wall of text hits her at once and it takes a moment or two before Hilda can formulate a response because she worries that she's broken Robin. If they were in person or eve in the Horizon, she'd grab her hand or squish her cheeks or something to bring her back down to Abraxas. ]
( maybe she doesn't know. but even saying yes i want to kiss you, hilda makes robin feel skittish, like a cat prone to disappearing at a sound breaking the silence. so, she can't say it. just, 100% off the table in every way shape and form, because robin is not a studdly romancey type, she isn't suave or especially charming, or at all smooth with her affections.
what she can do, is reassure hilda. it is definitely, definitely not her fault that robin is the way she is. )
[ Ah, girls. Hilda knows. Or at least she thinks she does. They pose a different kind of problem than boys do. Except the problem that Hilda has with girls is probably a little different than what Robin is referring to. The worry that she had overstepped lingers, so the reassurance from Robin is welcome. That in itself summons a sprout of guilt in Hilda; Robin shouldn't have to feel the need to reassure her at all. ]
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For Hilda, the realization that she liked girls as much as she liked boys, hadn't come as a large shock to her. There had been no internal conflict, no worry that people would think less of her, because it only stood to reason that her charmed life extended to that part of herself too. She had been lucky that she had simply come to accept it as a fact about herself and that others had too. Fodlan had its faux pas, but the love between those of the same sex wasn't one of them. Not really. But just because she had been so lucky, didn't mean that it was the same for everyone else.
That's perhaps why, when the little 'x' appears rather shyly (could words emote? Even if they can't, Hilda thinks that Robin's 'x' does), is all the more precious and meaningful to her. She senses it's not the time to push the subject so she doesn't — but that doesn't stop her from teasing her. ]
𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘹 𝘮𝘦, 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘺?
𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘹
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𝘞𝘰𝘢𝘩, 𝘸𝘰𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦, 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯!
𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 — 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘹. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 "𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦!" 𝘰𝘳 "𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳!" 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵.
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It's just
you know. Girls.
( maybe she doesn't know. but even saying yes i want to kiss you, hilda makes robin feel skittish, like a cat prone to disappearing at a sound breaking the silence. so, she can't say it. just, 100% off the table in every way shape and form, because robin is not a studdly romancey type, she isn't suave or especially charming, or at all smooth with her affections.
what she can do, is reassure hilda. it is definitely, definitely not her fault that robin is the way she is. )
You didn't make me do anything. I promise.
x
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[ Ah, girls. Hilda knows. Or at least she thinks she does. They pose a different kind of problem than boys do. Except the problem that Hilda has with girls is probably a little different than what Robin is referring to. The worry that she had overstepped lingers, so the reassurance from Robin is welcome. That in itself summons a sprout of guilt in Hilda; Robin shouldn't have to feel the need to reassure her at all. ]
𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 — 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 — 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.
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