𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 — [ The words stop short as she hesitates. It's not like they live several streets down from one another. There's no way Hilda can physically check up on Claire short of bothering the woman with messages every day. Maybe that's just what would have to happen. ] 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦?

[ She's nodding, reaching for what will soon become her ever present notebook over the course of the next several weeks. It all sounds a lot like what they'd have to pack back home, but focusing on something that isn't worry is what she needs right now. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. [ Claude normally did most of the shopping since he frequented Nadine's store more than she did but she supposes she'll have to do it in the mean time. But speaking of... ] 𝘖𝘩! 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 — 𝘕𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.