The evening was freezing cold but it made her smile. Because she knew what it meant.
Strapping her rucksack across her chest, she laced up her walking shoes and put on her chest torch to walk out into the fens.
She knew it scared her parents, that they worried about monsters, both real and imagined, lurking in the black peat shadows.
But she never felt afraid.
After walking for an hour she sat on the ground and took her thermos in cold hands. Switching off her light, she looked up and watched the celestial canopy above her reveal its secrets.
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