Oh-- [Being caught out was the inevitable result here, but she's sheepish for a moment anyway. And then she nods. Who knows what kind of skills we'll need here? We need to learn everything we can from each other.] Sure.
[She sits down with them, her own snowball still far lumpier than any cannonball ever could be. It seems perfect snowballs take time and effort. As explanation, she adds,] Where I come from, we don't get a lot of snow. I've never seen anything like this before.
[It's a thought that makes the hill children scoff, and Beth smiles a little. Their certainty in this land of theirs--what it is now, what it will be forever--is more amusing than anything.]
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[She sits down with them, her own snowball still far lumpier than any cannonball ever could be. It seems perfect snowballs take time and effort. As explanation, she adds,] Where I come from, we don't get a lot of snow. I've never seen anything like this before.
[It's a thought that makes the hill children scoff, and Beth smiles a little. Their certainty in this land of theirs--what it is now, what it will be forever--is more amusing than anything.]