Four days is what she guessed. The rate at which the mountain range had come into view and how large and distant it was was a trick to her eyes, but even though she had forgiven him, she still didn't want to upset him by speaking about something she didn't know about. In the end, it was what he thought as well. She understood that much of those four days would be crossing the mountain pass, but didn't know how long that would be for sure. She wished she was able to fly like Noah, able to reach it in a day, but given their time, four days was not much.

"Maybe if the caravan leader pushes hard, we can make it in a couple days? Who knows, he has been going pretty hard to make up the time we've lost. Maybe he'll feel inspired to have us go longer each night? I certainly wouldn't mind, though the horses and oxen might."

Her eyes shut completely as she relished in the feel of his touch through her hair. Where her love may have been muffled more than normal, the soothing response he gave her just then was fully felt. In another day the smell would fade from her hair, especially given the wind blowing it and giving it more volume.

"I didn't mean to. I accidentally left it in too long, and it was just long enough to have set into some of my hair. I would have looked like I had dots of dark brown all over my hair where it set in, so I decided to leave it in and just let it finish setting in so my hair didn't look so strange. I'm sorry if you don't like it, it wasn't intentional. It'll be there like that for quite a while..."

It would stay until she redyed her hair, which wouldn't look good, or until her natural hair color grew out until she could cut it all off.