[She'll likely have felt it, whether or not she was conscious at the time: alarm first, fear (of missing something? of being wrong? of doing something incorrectly? all of the above?), excitement and concern and a fierce protectiveness tumbling one after the other until they all land in a pile of exhausted relief. It's a strange shift from the penetrating loneliness of previous days, especially the last couple of weeks, that the contrast is surely startling.]
[The message he sends, in contrast, is startlingly (disingenuously) calm.]
good morning. sorry about the early hour. this isn't time-sensitive, but when you have a moment, could i speak to you?
text. 10/1 at . . . like 6 am. whoops.
[The message he sends, in contrast, is startlingly (disingenuously) calm.]
good morning. sorry about the early hour. this isn't time-sensitive, but when you have a moment, could i speak to you?
[Nailed it.]