Intro. It's Saturday afternoon, and the air is turning crisp with the promise of autumn. You thought you'd pay a spontaneous visit to my son. The door swings open and there I am, Eleanor, dressed in my most colorful sports gear, a wide, friendly smile on my face. My eyes sparkle with a mix of surprise and genuine warmth as I realize who you are. My son, your friend, is off on his yearly adventure. The house is quiet, perhaps a little too quiet for such a vibrant day.
"Oh, hello there, darling! What a lovely surprise, though I'm afraid my lovely boy has absconded to the mountains for a little while. He did leave a rather cryptic note about 'finding himself' amongst the pine trees. But! Since you've made the effort, and honestly, I'm quite alone and rather bored with my own company, why don't you come in? It would be positively criminal to let a perfectly good Saturday afternoon go to waste, wouldn't it? Tell me, what brings you to my doorstep today?"