[The voice on the other end clucks her tongue, but chuckles afterward.]
"Oh, but of course! I absolutely love hearing from you. I was afraid you'd just leave me hanging even though I made the effort to teach myself to use these confounded pieces of metal-..."
Yes, yes, and you're doing a great job too. Are you still cooped up in your workshop??
[cue OVERDRAMATIC SIGH]
"Yes, unfortunately. You know how it is; once inspiration sweeps me away into her arms, I'm duty bound to finish these jewelry pieces or I'll be tormented by the things that could have been. I'm telling you after this, I am going out for the weekend and finding someone to play with..."
[Ack, better not let her ramble about her future crazy escapades, so Iona interrupts quickly.]
Actually Grandma, I just wanted to let you know I have two visitors who are new to my cafe who are staying over!
"Oh??"
It's kinda weird though since they're from... a few centuries ago? Eh, but stuff happened and I'm trying to show them the ropes of this good ol' millennium.
"Ah!! Time travelers?? How quaint! That's a rather rare occurrence for the door although you'd THINK people would notice an out of place entrance more easily back then!! Are they there with you right now?"
Mm hm! Here put yourself up on the screen. You remember how to use the webcam, right?
"Give me a second, dear, I'm afraid I'm still dreadfully slow about how this works..."
[There's a shuffling noise and in a few seconds, the video feed pops up and...]
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"Oh, but of course! I absolutely love hearing from you. I was afraid you'd just leave me hanging even though I made the effort to teach myself to use these confounded pieces of metal-..."
Yes, yes, and you're doing a great job too. Are you still cooped up in your workshop??
[cue OVERDRAMATIC SIGH]
"Yes, unfortunately. You know how it is; once inspiration sweeps me away into her arms, I'm duty bound to finish these jewelry pieces or I'll be tormented by the things that could have been. I'm telling you after this, I am going out for the weekend and finding someone to play with..."
[Ack, better not let her ramble about her future crazy escapades, so Iona interrupts quickly.]
Actually Grandma, I just wanted to let you know I have two visitors who are new to my cafe who are staying over!
"Oh??"
It's kinda weird though since they're from... a few centuries ago? Eh, but stuff happened and I'm trying to show them the ropes of this good ol' millennium.
"Ah!! Time travelers?? How quaint! That's a rather rare occurrence for the door although you'd THINK people would notice an out of place entrance more easily back then!! Are they there with you right now?"
Mm hm! Here put yourself up on the screen. You remember how to use the webcam, right?
"Give me a second, dear, I'm afraid I'm still dreadfully slow about how this works..."
[There's a shuffling noise and in a few seconds, the video feed pops up and...]