She had kissed her mother goodnight and laid awake for some hours. Knowing that things that she wanted to speak on in the morning. So she kept the night for herself.
Silently rising and stepping beyond the den to go climb. Up, up. Higher and higher. Held close the knowledge that here she would be alone, even if she shouldn't be. A place where she could gaze upon the snowy lands below and the dotting of low, heavy clouds. It felt the sadness given form. A smog among the Cove.
She wondered if she even should say anything. Maybe she should just go when her Mama did.
The soft start of tears in her eyes.