"It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen," Vette replied, and... it was. Easily. Though the sight of freedom on its own had made many places beautiful in a different way when she was still small, nothing was quite the same visual spectacle as all of this. Nothing seemed so serene, so warm. "I mean, I knew it was when we arrived, and being up close to it is breathtaking too, but seeing it all spread out below this way..."

She bit her lip. She was rambling.

"You're very lucky, to have a home like this."