[ She still has some imagination, and she likes imagining herself silver-haired with plants and grandchildren one day. No grandchildren here, but she might have everything else. God help her if she's still here when her hair goes completely silver. ]
[ And if she does go silver one day, Hilda can help her dye it if she feels so inclined to. That being said, Hilda is under the impression that whatever hair colour Claire chooses to wear is one she could pull off. ]
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𝑂𝑟, 𝑖𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑. 𝑊𝑒'𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒.
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𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵.
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𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑐𝑤𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑓 ℎ𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐'𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥.
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𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒.
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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵?
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[ She tries not to think about it, the fact that this is like putting down roots in a place she never meant to be, and all without her family. ]
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𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯?
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𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠.
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𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥!
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[ She still has some imagination, and she likes imagining herself silver-haired with plants and grandchildren one day. No grandchildren here, but she might have everything else. God help her if she's still here when her hair goes completely silver. ]
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝐼𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒? 𝑁𝑜, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑧𝑦. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑐ℎ.
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[ And if she does go silver one day, Hilda can help her dye it if she feels so inclined to. That being said, Hilda is under the impression that whatever hair colour Claire chooses to wear is one she could pull off. ]
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺.
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[ Short of blaring hard rock and being a general pest, which Hilda most certainly is not. ]
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[ That sounded like more dirt - and work - than Hilda preferred to have in her life. ]
𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 - 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐'𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦.
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𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔.