[ Claire can't help but smile warmly, even though there's no visual component. ]

𝐼'𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑.

[ But she takes pride in those laugh lines around her eyes and mouth. She may not have had much laughter, but when she did, she likes to think it was enough to imprint itself on her. So that in times like these, when she's alone and far from family, she can be reminded with a glance in the mirror. ]

𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒, 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑎. 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎, 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑜, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤.