[ she idly observes he takes a peanut butter one, a superficial glance at the one she pulls closer reading something about nuts and berries. she leaves it to the side of her tablet, sipping at her chai again and shifting in her seat. ]

Camping. Out near Big Sur.

[ north of their school, and closer to the coastline. all national forest and big redwoods and marine layer that burned off late in the day. she loves it.

his email pops up as her browser refreshes. annie taps over it, then downloads the files. ]

Did we want to stick with alternating at the start, then dividing things into the middle and ending sections before we take questions?

[ opening up the powerpoint, her eyes skim over the first few slides. ]