In the painting, Nell could see her bare pink hands scooping up snow and 
packing it bit by bit into the neck of her bottle. When it was full, she put 
the cork back in (Nell didn't have to specify that) and began moving around on 
the rock, looking for a place that wasn't so steep. Nell didn't have to explain 
that in detail either; in the ractive, she searched the rock in a fairly 
rational way and in a few minutes found a stairway chiseled into the rock, 
winding down the mountain endlessly until it pierced a cloud layer far below. 
Princess Nell began descending the steps, one at a time.