It took her eyes a moment to adjust to the brightness, and even then she found it hard not to squint to the point that it was hard to see clearly. Disappointed, bu not really surprised, she put her glasses back on and enjoyed the view for another few minutes.
When they set out across the iced over lake, her dad started humming just loudly enough for her to hear. The words played in her mind as she joined in humming, “…declare myself to be nothin’ ever other than exactly what I am.” They continued on, humming songs occasionally until they got to the research station built on the ice in the center of the lake. They went up to the door and her dad knocked.