When Myka embraced Claudia, Helena was inwardly relieved. Hopefully that was a sign that things would no longer be strained between the two of them. In the end, she wanted her friends to be happy, no matter what that entailed, so she was happy that Claudia could get Myka back. When Myka turned to her, but didn't embrace her, Helena just took it in stride. Oh it hurt of course, but she was not going to let it show. There was no need to bring the mood of this reunion down.
"It's good to see you again as well," she responded before following Claudia into the room. Helena would need to be extremely aware of how she wanted to speak to Myka. She needed to be mindful of the nicknames she had grown accustomed to using and force herself to not use them any longer. Anything more than "darling" would no doubt throw up the red flag that Helena didn't want thrown right now for Myka's sake. There was more than enough to get used to without Helena throwing her feelings for Myka into the mix.
"No one is certain what exactly causes this to happen. It could be the castle itself, it could be this place in general, it could even be whoever leaves the welcome note. So in essence, it has an effect like an artifact, but it generally does not have a downside. Unless you wish to count the random happenings that occur here as the downside. I would argue what happened in March acted a s a downside. And at Halloween, even though being a goddess was a bit fun, but it was not exactly done by my choice." Helena looked at Myka, her eyes seemingly holding more depth to them than was normal given her inner storm of emotions. It was painful to be in Myka's presence and know she remembered nothing of what had happened when she'd been here before. She was forcing herself to ignore that as best as she could.