"Hi."

"Dude, how are you?"

"Fine?"

"Your mother?"

"She's still in the hospital, I think it'll take some time."

"Who's there with you?"

"My father, but he has been silent for so long."

"Maybe he's shocked."

"I guess so, yes."

"Call me whenever something new happens."

"As?"

"As what?"

"I should update you because you are...?"

"Your...friend?"

"..."