The angst in this piece was phenomenal! The waiting, the words of the past, the forcing herself to go look. I was right there. And then the physical proof and her acceptance. This had a lot in it for such a short scene and you covered it all.
The only thing that made me go hmmm was in the firt paragraph. Two hours? What kind of archaic test was she using? Or is it me in the wrong time-period? *G*
