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Well to be fair, Irene did know Teresa for a long time it seems. Raphaela only briefly met Teresa while she was a child.
Irene may have seen Teresa as a rival, and may not even have liked her much during their Claymore days. But, she deeply respected Teresa. And Irene genuinely sounded pleased that Teresa was happy with Clare, if only for a brief time. At least Teresa had something, even if Irene herself had nothing.
Irene knew beforehand that the moment she uses Quicksword to teach Clare, she would be hunted and killed. And yet, not only did she teach Clare, she also willingly gave her only arm, when she knew that she was being hunted. Deep down inside, why would she do that?
I believe Irene didn't do it for herself or Clare. She did it for Teresa. And it meant more to her than her own life.
About anyone knowing Clare is 1/2 yoma, I'm not sure. The other trainee that bullied Clare knew that she had Teresa's flesh in her. Other trainees at that time probably knew as well.
But, that was a long time ago, with all of them dead. Galatea, Miria, Helen, and Deneve all seemed to be Claymores already when Clare was in training, so they probably wouldn't have heard about that kind of experiment. None of the new Claymores would know.
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