I wasn't going to leave you behind. You're the only other person I've seen since I woke up.

[ he can't help but wonder if that's by design, if the person who had organized this had somehow set it so he and elena would find each other.

giving his head a shake, he tries to stop puzzling this out because standing in the middle of nowhere while it snowed around them wasn't the place for it. ]

Come on. If you're going to hold my hand, hold it tight. We need to move as fast as you can.