[Were one perceptive enough, one can tell from the sound of footfalls if a person is walking toward something she perceives to be dangerous, but against which danger she has steeled herself in her heart.
That's how Ela's walk up to your office sounds, and that is how her knock sounds, and that is how her voice sounds, when she says:]
9:00 PM
That's how Ela's walk up to your office sounds, and that is how her knock sounds, and that is how her voice sounds, when she says:]
It's Elanora Marasigan, Kaiser. May I come in?