investigate?

Kirk stood up and cracked open his door to see what the commotion was, there was some tinkling as tho someone was moving the pieces of plate, so he called out.

"Mom? you ok?"

"Y-yes hon, I just broke a P-plate I-its o-ooo-ooho-ok" she said stuttering strangely from the kitchen below.

Kirk thought she sounded a bit strange...