( If she sounds sour, she is sour -- she hadn't wanted to follow him, but had last relented while picking up her tablet and shoving it under one arm. Her keys jangle in her hand and Mia looks back down the hall, glad to see the door had shut when she'd pulled it along behind her. )
I can climb.
( She catches up, stalking ahead on shorter legs to tug on the door handle to the stairs. See? She was raring to go! )
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( If she sounds sour, she is sour -- she hadn't wanted to follow him, but had last relented while picking up her tablet and shoving it under one arm. Her keys jangle in her hand and Mia looks back down the hall, glad to see the door had shut when she'd pulled it along behind her. )
I can climb.
( She catches up, stalking ahead on shorter legs to tug on the door handle to the stairs. See? She was raring to go! )