I hang up and try not to be disappointed. I would have liked to extend this moment, but was it really the perfect opportunity to have our first conversation in person? I don’t think so. However, I cannot shut up the part of me that is happy to have finally heard the sound of her voice. I suddenly have the impression that Cora is becoming more real. As if the person I have corresponded with for three weeks is coming to life. I feel like I’ve just been handed a centrepiece of a puzzle, proof of her existence. In the absence of a physical image, I have an auditory one that completes what I know about her. Cora is slowly forming in my mind. All the details that I store in each of our conversations create her character. And I'm curious now to know if the representation I have corresponds to rea