And then, we, ah... we... can walk back to the house. And with a little luck we will have bridged a few gaps, too!

[Martel laughs again, obviously aware of exactly how overly happy - and sappy - she sounds.]

I'm sorry, this is a lot of optimism to take in at once. But I have to make up for all the times I was not there!

[And for all the time she will spend at the other end of the village with a broken brother she doesn't know how to fix.]