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Lily explains the ice can be walked on and Faye watches her demonstrate the current weakness. How long was winter? she thinks with a slight tilt of her head, looking back up to her as she steps back into safety.
 
“The water is too cold to be in,” she says idly, though for no particular reason, but she still tests the ice like her new friend and puts a little weight on it. It doesn’t crack beneath the surface as it did a moment ago but Lily is much bigger. Faye lingers on her little patch of icy and even bounces a little, making it crack. Her eyes widen and she steps back, looking up with a goofy smile of danger on her face.
 
“It is okay, I guess, um, kinda…” she trails off, though she doesn’t really know what she’s trying to say. “I like the trees. We didn’t have any like these.”