[ The grimace gets a kind smile from her at the very least. ]
You should see the friends I have. Don't worry about it, I'm used to it.
[ Dark humour had become more of a fixture in the times since the war had begun. She didn't employ it as much as some of the others she knew, but Hilda had long since grown used to it. However people needed to cope with whatever was happening in their lives wasn't hers to judge. But perhaps that was easier when she didn't know a person as well; the more familiar she was with them the easier it was to mother hen them. ]
It doesn't sound so different from soldiers I know from back home. [ She pauses. ] Not just soldiers really. [ And then to try and steer it away slightly from a sobering topic -- ] What made you decide to go after that kind of work?
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You should see the friends I have. Don't worry about it, I'm used to it.
[ Dark humour had become more of a fixture in the times since the war had begun. She didn't employ it as much as some of the others she knew, but Hilda had long since grown used to it. However people needed to cope with whatever was happening in their lives wasn't hers to judge. But perhaps that was easier when she didn't know a person as well; the more familiar she was with them the easier it was to mother hen them. ]
It doesn't sound so different from soldiers I know from back home. [ She pauses. ] Not just soldiers really. [ And then to try and steer it away slightly from a sobering topic -- ] What made you decide to go after that kind of work?