I adore you. Most people would be thanking me for sending Steve Rogers to their doorstep.
[ Well. Unless he was there to punch them or something. Which. wasn't exactly what she'd sent him to Hilda's door for, although she's got no guarantee that wouldn't happen somewhere along the line. Training, after all.
I'm pretty sure no one looks great when they're sweating. Not even me. And if they do? They're probably faking it anyway.
Somehow I doubt that. I'm sure you'll pick it up just fine. But if Sylvain and Claude want to come along, too, I'm sure Steve wouldn't mind. Then again, that's more people seeing you sweat, so decide accordingly.
[ Hilda, please stop being ridiculous. But hearing - or reading rather - that someone like Natasha is proud of her brings some colour to her cheeks. Good thing they're not having this conversation in person. ]
Nope, we're still training there as scheduled. Steve's job is to keep your physical fitness at a good spot so you'll be able to handle the techniques I'll be teaching you.
Jewels? Hmm. I've never been one to wear a lot of jewelry, but then again I wasn't living in a magical castle with a bunch of snobby nobles before either. I guess I'm pretty fond of onyx. And moonstones.
And I didn't hang out with a lot of snobby nobles back home. [ Unless Tony counted? He was probably the closest. T'challa was a whole different story. ] My work kept me a little too busy for that. And it would have gotten in the way. But I liked it well enough for special occasions.
[ She did miss her necklace. It was one of the possessions she missed the most, after arriving here with nothing. Which makes her think... ]
Hey, do you know how to do simple things, too? Like just a simple gold charm?
[ The importance of Natasha trusting her with this isn't lost on her. And while she'd normally feel anxious or nervous about it, she knows that she knows jewelry. ]
Hmm. I might be able to recreate it in the Horizon, now that I think about it. I'll see if I can leave you a copy you check out, that's probably a better idea than trying to rely on my nonexistent art skills.
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— some nebulous time in may
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[ Well. Unless he was there to punch them or something. Which. wasn't exactly what she'd sent him to Hilda's door for, although she's got no guarantee that wouldn't happen somewhere along the line. Training, after all.
Either way, she has zero remorse right now. ]
How'd your first day of training go?
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𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵.
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Training is supposed to make you sore at first. That goes away the longer you do it. You'll get there.
[ She's pretty sure Hilda's not going to find that at all reassuring. ]
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𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦 - 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵!
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Did you learn anything new, at least?
[ Yeah, she still has no regrets. ]
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...𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦.
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Somehow I doubt that. I'm sure you'll pick it up just fine. But if Sylvain and Claude want to come along, too, I'm sure Steve wouldn't mind. Then again, that's more people seeing you sweat, so decide accordingly.
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𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦.
[ Also pointedly not going to address the Sylvain and Claude thing. ]
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That just means you had a good workout. Proud of you.
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[ Hilda, please stop being ridiculous. But hearing - or reading rather - that someone like Natasha is proud of her brings some colour to her cheeks. Good thing they're not having this conversation in person. ]
𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴!
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Jewels? Hmm. I've never been one to wear a lot of jewelry, but then again I wasn't living in a magical castle with a bunch of snobby nobles before either. I guess I'm pretty fond of onyx. And moonstones.
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𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺.
𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
[ And technically is one. The noble bit. Not the snobby bit to be clear. ]
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And I didn't hang out with a lot of snobby nobles back home. [ Unless Tony counted? He was probably the closest. T'challa was a whole different story. ] My work kept me a little too busy for that. And it would have gotten in the way. But I liked it well enough for special occasions.
[ She did miss her necklace. It was one of the possessions she missed the most, after arriving here with nothing. Which makes her think... ]
Hey, do you know how to do simple things, too? Like just a simple gold charm?
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𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵.
𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦?
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I can sketch it for you. I had it back home, for years, and I've missed it, since they weren't accommodating enough to summon it along with me.
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𝘈 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?
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[ Hilda, why are you so adorable?
Still, she can't help but smile a little at the memory of when she'd been given her necklace. ]
Yes. A good friend from back home.
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𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵.
𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶!
[ Two surprises actually. ]
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Hmm. I might be able to recreate it in the Horizon, now that I think about it. I'll see if I can leave you a copy you check out, that's probably a better idea than trying to rely on my nonexistent art skills.
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[ As long as you aren't Sylvain. Or Sam. ]
𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵! 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰. 𝘖𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥.
[ It's a long shot, but Sothis loves a try-er. ]
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She goes uncharacteristically silent after this and the next time they meet in the Horizon she will absolutely be pouting. ]