video/private;

[ It's more and more like he's a kid again, swept away with a lifetime of longing for an absent mother. He swallows with difficulty a lump that's been building in his throat, and listens to her few words of comfort, painfully aware of the sadness in her voice. Is it just from this encounter, he wonders? Or... well, he'd been in the Port before, they told him. Had something happened? He'd have to find out, but discreetly. He wouldn't bring it up to her, not if it upset her like this. ]

Alright. [ The Tower Apartments, apparently, were not far from where he stood. Sam hurries in that direction, still keeping the NV out and level, as if he expects her to disappear from the screen at any given moment. ]

I'm on my way.