and yet, the villains never stop to ask if anyone would actually want to be pen-pals with them- Young Claire might be too polite/awkward to say no if asked directly, but still

(to be fair, maybe we’re too early in Beate’s story to call her a proper villain for now, but she’s already self-important, over-competitive, and resentful of the girls for having qualities she doesn’t, which doesn’t make for the best of first impressions)