[
A close-up of an eye appears onscreen, then Aradia presses something on the phone and it zooms out to show her whole face. She's looking down at the phone, with a fond, but slightly irritated expression, like one you might wear when talking to a fussy parent.]
Yes, I stopped to have tea with the raptors. I'm not rude. [
The very idea!, Aradia's frown seems to say.]
It's not a fieldtrip. I'm doing very important work! [
Hissed, with a furtive look around her. Aradia is very clearly hiding behind a couch, but from her levels of concentration, you would think she was somewhere deadly instead, maybe somewhere like—]
The
jungle is a very dangerous place, and you can't just call me out of nowhere just because—
[
A sigh, and her face seems to soften. She reaches up to right a hat that doesn't sit on her head, and checks her hips for her nonexistent weapons.]
I'm sure it will be delicious! [
A pause as she listen for a reply.] And that it won't taste as good reheated. But I can't just drop everything because you've decided to make grub pie!
[
Aradia drops to the floor suddenly, and nothing shows up onscreen as she crawls to the dining room table and takes refuge under it. Her face appears again.]
Two more weeks. Then maybe we can make one together? Yes, I promise.
[
Her eyebrows draw down.]
I'm not a wriggler anymore, and I'm a professional, I don't really want—[
Aradia doesn't do pouting that often but it's happening now. She ducks to check if anyone's around, and then she deliberately bumps her forehead against the camera.]
It's fine, I'm in a cave! Okay. Yes. Bye.
[
The video feed shuts off.]