The desire to be snippy with him is surprisingly easy to suppress. Spring will come far too soon for her taste and a cold Winter will distract her from its coming. "You're always welcome to do as you please here." It's not like she could stop him, anyway.

She nods slowly. "That's why I never told my family what I was doing, let alone why I was doing it. If anything were to go wrong, I wanted nothing to come down on them. The problem is that I kept doing such things when I didn't need to anymore. I could have built a life out of what I'd given myself. I just... didn't want to change." Another sigh as she rubs her arms for warmth. "Perhaps that is the coldest thing I've ever done."