[ Mid stumbles a step at the collision, but she's hardly bothered by the fact that someone's run into her. Especially given it is as much her fault as it was his what with how she'd had her eyes on the brightly colored screen of the shellphone. It's his voice that rivets her full attention, and her fingers tighten on her phone.
Sometimes she'd liked to think about what it'd be like to see him again. Daydreams of what it'd have been like if he'd never really died. Like she'd just been away at university a little too long. They'd catch up and he'd be so proud of her work and how much she'd accomplished. It wasn't the sort of thought you ever admitted to anybody, of course, but it snuck up on her in lonely moments.
She'd never let it slow her down any. Even now, it's full speed ahead. ]
Dad! [ There ought to be more hesitation, but she's in a whole foreign world so there's no reason to make sense of it. She just blurts the first thing that comes to mind, moving in for a hug without a second thought, ] Didn't expect this none today, did you?
[ If he did, she'd definitely have even more questions. ]
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Sometimes she'd liked to think about what it'd be like to see him again. Daydreams of what it'd have been like if he'd never really died. Like she'd just been away at university a little too long. They'd catch up and he'd be so proud of her work and how much she'd accomplished. It wasn't the sort of thought you ever admitted to anybody, of course, but it snuck up on her in lonely moments.
She'd never let it slow her down any. Even now, it's full speed ahead. ]
Dad! [ There ought to be more hesitation, but she's in a whole foreign world so there's no reason to make sense of it. She just blurts the first thing that comes to mind, moving in for a hug without a second thought, ] Didn't expect this none today, did you?
[ If he did, she'd definitely have even more questions. ]