Relaxing to the sounds of deep guitar notes and thythmic drum beats, Josephine had hardly heard "Pearce" when he spoke. She squirmed a moment when he disturbed her rest and sleepily blinked her eyes open like a lazy cat.
"I didn't," she replied in a mumble.
As she sat up again, she stretched first one leg out to the floor, then her other. Simultaneously, she pressed her head and shoulder into the plush seat of the car and gave a quiet mew, wriggling into an upright position. She spent a moment, dazed, and looked about the car; her habit of zoning out often left her wondering just where and why she had gotten into a specific place. Bright lights from outside the car, swishing past like streams rather than single points, distracted her easily, and she leaned her cheek on the cold window.
"Why are you so interested?"