She lost him in the snow, in the night, in the most heroic way. And, in the night, he came back to her. They couldn't let her keep him though, not that way. In the Bin, they taught her to lose him again, to give him away. It was required. On the outside, she survived, waiting alone for life to go on. When it did, she was not ready. Until she discovered what he wanted her to find.