Heron Lake Plateau No I don't wanna fall in love

Ulrich had been feeling incredibly awkward since their last conversation, and their complete silence afterwards hadn’t helped. But what was he to say in the face of such blatant attraction on her end? He couldn’t encourage it. He simply couldn’t. And so, he had followed her lead and remained silent, and the silence had stretched out and suffocated him until he had felt he was going insane.

And then they had reached the top of a hill and Adylaide had finally broken the silence. He couldn’t help but smile at her fondly as she expressed how beautiful the frozen lake was. He had never known anyone else who could see beauty everywhere the way she could. He was only glad that the trauma she had endured had not blinded her to the world’s beauty.

Despite his smile, his words were solemn. No, he agreed. No walking on it. But we can get closer if you want. Walk along the shore? He gave her a questioning look.