A perfectly good view of the Academy's infrastructure was made possible by being suspended above it through the gondola.
Lillie and Ethan looked over the window and into distance as the valley where the Academy was situated drew farther gradually.
They timed their departure early in the morning so they could catch the morning sun rise above the horizon and bestow its warm glow across the earth.
The gondola slides through the thick cable, back towards the port from where they arrived the first time.
Shortly, thick mist surrounded the mountain terrains, completely covering the Academy's landscape and its silhouette from sight. An enigmatic sigh fell out of Lillie's lips as she retracted from the window and sat down.
Ethan wasn't certain if his wife's deep exhale was of melancholy, relief, or exhaustion. Perhaps all three?