Even if he had been speaking in a tongue she understood, she might not have heard him.

Pointless. It was all so... pointless. If her family had known she'd grown up to live so miserably, maybe they would have let her die with them, instead of begging for her life. Maybe... she had only been delaying the inevitable. The animals would be fine without her. Nothing and no one needed her.

"I'll join them," she said softly, eyes glazed and distant. "I'll go be with them."