[The chatter is doing its job. Pulling her (enough) out of the silence, pulling her out of her head and replacing it with nothingness. She looks over and smiles a little faintly.]
My mom was like that. She made the most amazing mac and cheese, and I could never get it right. I got it good, but never quite right. She wouldn't tell me her secret ingredient until I got married, you know? [A slightly spacy chuckle.] John likes mine, but it was never the same and you could tell. It wasn't as good.
I just- never got the chance to ask her. Before she, you know.
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[The chatter is doing its job. Pulling her (enough) out of the silence, pulling her out of her head and replacing it with nothingness. She looks over and smiles a little faintly.]
My mom was like that. She made the most amazing mac and cheese, and I could never get it right. I got it good, but never quite right. She wouldn't tell me her secret ingredient until I got married, you know? [A slightly spacy chuckle.] John likes mine, but it was never the same and you could tell. It wasn't as good.
I just- never got the chance to ask her. Before she, you know.