Stone Circle so long

Yes, Steph did understand. She hadn't understood what had drawn her to the world outside Easthollow when it called her, couldn't even explain it to her mother at the time. She just needed to... go. It was like something she needed to do to get out of her system. Turns out, she just needed to know who she was in this world. And, when she found out, she had come back. So, she didn't put the guilt on too much to Nikai. She just wanted him to know how much she'd miss him.

She nodded her head quickly, Yeah, it was! I spent a really long time in that dark tunnel. I couldn't tell you when the sun was up or down or if it was one day or two, she said, her heart racing at just the thought. But, once I got started, I figured the end of the tunnel couldn't be that far, so I just kept going. Boy, was I wrong, she went on. Now that she knew the tunnel in whole, she could honestly say she'd do it again. This time faster, and she'd eat first. 

I know, she said on a sigh. But I was so hungry and I couldn't just give up without a fight. I guess he was just hungrier than I was, she chuckled. Looking back on it, that bear, even young, could have ripped her to shreds. It hadn't. She could have fought harder, but she hadn't. Maybe both didn't really want to get hurt over a fish, but the bear was too hungry not to try.