Cassiopeia's View Been underestimated my entire life

"It really is," Lele agreed, while stepping back gingerly from the edge, not wishing to reveal that she was a tad bit wary from the heights. The train of thought about "what if..."  was not very pleasant and she pushed it to the furthest corners of her mind, hopefully not to think about it ever again.

"Are you on the run from something?" she asked in a way that expressed polite curiousity, but did not put much pressure on, whether the answer had to be truthful. A simple "Yes" and "No" would suffice too.