The trio had traveled for days with Ely as their guide to see them safely through the treacherous terrain that they had found themselves in. 

　　Ada had made the mistake of falling behind due to her exhaustion, but she had been met with nothing but scorn from both her mother and her new-found uncle. There was no sympathy or allowances made for the fact that she was pregnant and unfamiliar with this sort of physical activity. The fact that she hadn't eaten properly for days also seemed to bear no weight with either of them.

　　They had uncaringly left her in an exhausted heap on the floor and carried on...