[ phonecall ]
[as he speaks a faint crinkling sound came and went before the hiss of her lighter was audible. then an exhale before she speaks] Are you happy about that?
In my case, I have a daughter here but she's my former husband's little sister. I'm pleased. [it's no lie but a slight bitterness settles, the knowledge of that child never knowing she has Freyja for a mother unable to be proven here] She's a good girl. She'll do fine with Aeneas.