❅ ( ??? ) ;

“Oh hang on, let me just uh, make a
 quick call here-
                              oh wait—”

"I can’t, because my phone is dead
   annnd there’s no power to charge it.

                             Fancy that.”

{ ❅ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ———

                        ❝ ———- a phone ? ❞

          genuine     bemusement    rested   on   her   countenance.
          technology was  something she was not  yet  accustomed
          to. not when letters  had been the means of long distance
          communication prior to  her  release  from  captivity.   she 
          was essentially no more than a stranger in a strange land.