Daring indeed, particularly given how cautious Ford had been about everything between the two of them for the past month. The risk wasn't past, so he ought not to be throwing caution to the wind just yet... but the threat of Tycho leaving while still angry with him was still fresh in his mind. Balancing the two risks, doing something at the edge of the woods seemed far easier to mitigate. No one would see them, and they wouldn't be long anyway — the cold would serve as a limitation on how long they could linger.

"I'll chance it," he replied with a mischievous grin. "Let's go."

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