The girl fought the smirk creeping up in her, but she liked Hildegarde's style. "Not funny at all," she whispered, the very corner of her lips turning upward. "Bad guys are fun," Meri said, giving Randal a genuinely playful wink.
"My sister knew of a Hildegarde," she said, "in Hyoite a few years back. She was a... unique person."
Meri sighed, looking at the jasper plant. Regardless of Chrys' perversions, didn't she still need...? "Wait, is that why Chrys is a midwife?" She asked suddenly, thinking aloud more than actually expecting an answer.
Even for a pedophile, that seems a bit young, she thought.