Yes! I was hoping you'd do this, Kjersti A!A! Ah, and you didn't disappoint! This was just so great and heartbreaking at the same time!

It stopped close to dark allowing her to properly bring the fire to a good height and she sat beside it, using a stick to pick out the large vegetable chunks, some of them still raw when she bit into them.

That absolutely broke my heart. I don't know why. Like everything did but that was the puncher.
And I'm glad that this is an alternate universe. I don't know what I'd do if this is how it wouldn end (reminds me of Alla.. ugh.)