Cailleach will reward that bit of wisdom by not picking at that conversational thread any longer. For now, at least. Anything that sets a person in an adversarial role against her is not the best place to be, but everyone alive is her adversary eventually. Maybe it's best to simply grin and bear it.

"Should I toy with them more? Prolong the suffering and misery, refuse to let the plants grow?" There's a feral smile growing, punctuated by the afterthought, "It could get colder."