Your Papa Nico, he didn't know about my gift. Times were different, but same enough. I had never revealed it to anyone, and kept my little secret close to my heart.

One night, a young woman was having a child far from town. Her husband was a farmer, and so help was harder to come by. He came knocking at our door and Nico and I felt obliged to offer what help we could.

Though the sun had sunk low for its nightly rest, we gathered supplies and set out in the cold and growing dark.

We soon were lost.