She's so young. So very young, Claire thinks to herself, to have lost both her parents. All she can really hope is that the girl lost them early enough that the memory of them doesn't hurt. No matter what, when she grows up, it'll be frustrating not to know her birth parents, what they're like, the hobbies that they indulge in— but if Mathias is as good of a guardian as he seems to be, the pain of that will lessen, and it might help to know that her parents never abandoned her due to a lack of love or want, but instead because of the island's whims, so often cruel. It makes her think of Nate yet again, but for a different reason, and when Claire smiles at Sam, it isn't without that touch of sadness in her eyes, though she does her best to hide it.
"Hey there, Sam," she grins, more than tempted to reach out and give the girl's nose a bit of a squeeze— but as Sam already looks a bit shy, Claire certainly doesn't want to do anything to scare her further away. "It's so good to meet you! Mathias here was just telling me that he has all the stuff I need to go diving. Have you ever gone diving before?"
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Date: 2011-10-27 07:13 am (UTC)"Hey there, Sam," she grins, more than tempted to reach out and give the girl's nose a bit of a squeeze— but as Sam already looks a bit shy, Claire certainly doesn't want to do anything to scare her further away. "It's so good to meet you! Mathias here was just telling me that he has all the stuff I need to go diving. Have you ever gone diving before?"