Sofia Pt. 00
***For those who have read the parts of the Sofia series I've already posted: this was written after parts 1-4, but is set immediately before part 1. I wrote it after I had an idea for how to add a new dimension to the narrative. To be fully coherent with the rest of what I've written, it will probably require a slight re-write for parts 1-4, but I thought I'd just put it up and go back to make adjustments to the other parts later.*** The car park was almost full, as it almost always seemed to have been the past few months. Who'd have thought that one of the side effects of a global plague would be that suddenly everyone wants to go hiking. Some of the people here looked like the furthest they'd walk in normal times would be from the comfy seats in the corner to the bar to get in another round. Bicep curling a pint glass would have been the peak of their athletic ambitions. But close the pubs and suddenly they're all waddling round the countryside discussing w...