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He started to follow her

“Don’t,” she snapped, and kept walking

Outside, she grabbed Loreda’s aran walking hoht

“Mom, if you’d listen to him—”

“No,” Elsa said “And neither will you It’selse I will not fail at that Do you hear me?”

Loreda stopped

Elsa had no choice but to stop, too, and turn back “What?”

“Do you really think you’ve failed me?”

“Look at us Walking back to a cabin smaller than our old toolshed Both of us skinny as ry all of the time Of course I’ve failed you”

“Moo to school I can think because you want to make sure I always do You haven’t failed me You’ve saved me”

“Don’t you try to turn this around andup”

“But it is about that, Mom Isn’t it?”

“I can’t lose you,” Elsa said, and there it was: the truth

“I know, Mom And I love you But I need this”

“No,” Elsa said fir We have an early wake-up”