"Definitely an improvement - you don't need any more battering." She smirks. "Now, I don't know about you but I do know me and I know I have the ability to natter on until the world falls down around my ears, and I have a definite need for a shower and a change of clothes and probably sunshine would be a good idea though not on my to-do list 'cause it snowed, inconvenient thing, weather, and I can't do any of that if I stay here so I'd best be off before it really is noon and I end up proving there's a lunch in that pantry as well."

The Oncoming Babble. It's a gift, really.