[She steps back a little automatically when she's released, although she leaves her own arms around the woman who she last saw more than twenty years ago.]
[Hell, she had never even seen Jodie with these eyes.]
[It's weird as hell to think about... and sad.]
[When Jodie speaks on, Heather finds herself blinking a lot. It's not entirely what she'd have expected to hear from someone who last saw her as a cute little toddler in overalls and a puffy sweater.]
[Nobody expects their doe-eyed little daughter to grow up into a shaggy, short-haired scarecrow of a young woman in tank tops and jeans with busted knees. And most people probably wouldn't be HAPPY about it, either.]
[She doesn't respond to that directly (she's not sure she CAN), but her voice is slightly croaky when she speaks.]
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[Hell, she had never even seen Jodie with these eyes.]
[It's weird as hell to think about... and sad.]
[When Jodie speaks on, Heather finds herself blinking a lot. It's not entirely what she'd have expected to hear from someone who last saw her as a cute little toddler in overalls and a puffy sweater.]
[Nobody expects their doe-eyed little daughter to grow up into a shaggy, short-haired scarecrow of a young woman in tank tops and jeans with busted knees. And most people probably wouldn't be HAPPY about it, either.]
[She doesn't respond to that directly (she's not sure she CAN), but her voice is slightly croaky when she speaks.]
... We missed you a lot. I mean--
... we never forgot.
[About you.]