She forgot to take off her shoes.
She forgot about the water bottle.
She was patient about both mistakes.
She had the quality of someone who is slightly overwhelmed and choosing not to let the overwhelm define the experience.
She said, after we cleared security: that was exciting.
I said: it was.
She said: is the plane that way?
I pointed.
We found the gate.
We found two seats.
We sat and I got her coffee from the airport coffee place and she looked around at the airport with the specific quality of someone who is very present in a place that is not normally their world.
She said: all these people going places.
I said: yes.
She said: all of them off to see something.
I said: some of them coming back too.
She said: still.
She said: still, all of this motion.
She watched the gate across from ours.
