Okay. So she's a friend. [Can't force you to like her, or anything-- and it's not "just" a friend, after all.] So you have to be clear about that. That's all.
[It's not that she's not important to him. It's just a different kind of important than hers.] It might be kind of awkward, since these things always are, but Hilda's not stupid. You know.
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...Is "being incredibly awkward and unsure of how to handle it" an option?]
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I guess you could start with: what do you think about Hilda? [do you like her?]
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[It's not that she's not important to him. It's just a different kind of important than hers.] It might be kind of awkward, since these things always are, but Hilda's not stupid. You know.
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Hilbert, this is Silver. "Kind of" awkward will be more like "super fantastically horribly" awkward.]
Yeah. I know. ...I will be.