PoV: Aurea
"I see. Have you asked her about it?"
Apparently Mom has been spacing out in the middle of the day, sometimes for up to half an hour at a time. She simply interrupts whatever she is doing and freezes, staring at nowhere without moving a muscle.
"I did, but she always dismisses it as something that's not to worry about. But I AM worried, and her dismissiveness only makes me worry even more."
"It actually started a few days before you and Lovelace came to talk to us. But by that time I hadn't noticed it yet, because it was always very brief. But it's been in the last few days that it has taken longer for her to come back."
"Right. I'll go there, talk to her, and try to figure out what is happening."
"Thank you, my dear. But not today. You've been working nonstop since early morning, haven't you?"
"Well, it's not like…"
"Nope. You're going to have a good night's rest. Tomorrow you come over, or when you find a free moment in between all the chaos of the war."
