Lily lets out a breath she suddenly realizes she's holding all the while Winter speaks. The closer she gets, the more she just sort of wants to wrap her arms around her, but... no, that'd have to wait for the night. When this is done. Just...

"For some reason, this seems a lot scarier than even what we faced before," she murmurs. "It's... we lost so many things then, Winter. We nearly died so many times... I need to do this, but I don't know how to just turn it on like everyone else seems to. I just... don't want to lose what we got out of everything."

She pauses a bit, before focusing her eyes on Winter's. "Just... promise me you will be careful."