"In the stink of this city, should it be so hard to track down either you or Da?" Stuffing in a quick mouthful of take-out in the most unladylike of fashions as if she were afraid that it be taken from her, Adrestia scowled briefly at her mother's worrying. After chewing through enough to manage something resembling a sigh, she sat her finds on the counter top and offered herself up for her mother's overview.
"I just strolled over the majority of three states in the cold, Mother. Give me some time, and then you'll be on me to watch what I eat." Though her words might have been short, there was a distant note of a amusement, and perhaps even warmth that spoke volumes in how much she had missed her mother's nagging, even though she would never admit it aloud.