To quote papersky: Thud.

1400 words even. And that's the chapter.

Will send to brooksmoses when I've gotten comments from oneironaut about whether the scene gtst and I were discussing actually works.

Also shovelled snow. Which had stacked up taller than the bottommost step in front of the house. The neighbour (with whom we share a driveway) had shovelled the driveway, including a space for teinedreugan to park, which is another one of the many reasons the neighbours make me feel weirdly guilty about my housekeeping diligence.