He's always a little slow to talk, but it's worse today. Everything she says hits home hard, and he wants to really remember every moment of this. The sun is hanging low in the sky, but he knows it'll be a while before it sets. In the distance he can see the silhouettes of some buffalo.

One day she's going to join him in the real thing. They'll hunt together, and ride together, and eat what they caught in the lake. They both know what's happening. No need to pretend.

"I wouldn't have believed that, when you first met me. But I believe it comin' from you. Makes me feel - " He takes another breath. "I don't know. Not that it makes everything I did alright. But it's at least led me to the right place."