"Okay. Talk to you later." The promise that they'll figure it out is enough for now. She'll hang up and finish getting ready.

Why is getting ready suddenly so hard? It's never been this hard before! Suddenly she has too much hair and too little lip gloss and oh god her nail polish is chipped.

A braid and some bobby pins should keep her hair in place. Lip gloss is easy. Linen pants, tank top, long-sleeve gauze blouse over that to cover the tattoos a little. Shoes. Necessities gathered. Okay. Time to go.