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It's all started in the cold winter morning. I was on the train planning to go to the mountains to breath some fresh air, as classes were cancelled due to the virus. The panic was everywhere, everyone was wearing masks. People from the cars were looking to us in the public transport as to the craziest individuals of the world. Me, as a person without mask, was wondering how a simple virus can change the whole world. My thoughts got interrupted by a guy, who pushed me to wear a mask, I got shocked and without putting off my headphones, tried to explain him that I don't have. He opened his bag and offered me the mask. At that moment, I was thinking only about his brows and eyelashes, I have never seen a person with these astonishing facial features and rude character. We got acquainted because of the mask and because of him - Isko, I didn't even notice how I missed my stop. Next stop I also decided to skip, due to our conversation about virus and its consequences to the economy of the countries. Finally, we both decided to go off the train but we didn't even notice that we went to the peak of the mountains. Since childhood, all I dreamt about was leaving near the sea and the view that I saw at Amirsay mountain resort of Uzbekistan, took me back to my world of dreams. Isko offered to have a small trip to these mountains and then go back by the next train. I started comparing sea with this view. Isko was geologist, so he started describing the view by a scientific approach. At that moment, everything seemed me as a fairytale: white snow, sunny weather, and perfect view. All the people around were looking at me but I was too busy with our conversations. I told him about my dream to live near the sea and explained that everything we tell the sea, it will take away with its waves and no one can ever find out what the sea knows. The sea was a type of my diary and I was a writer of this sea: in the times, when I was happy by retelling, the sea was calm. However, during the times when I was crying to the sea, its waves were so hard and frightening that only me and the sea were able to understand. Isko stopped me and asked: "Don't you think that the mountains can hide better than the sea?" I thought, now we will start arguing, and by presenting my strong debating skills I asked, the reason of claiming this statement. He laughed and all he said was "You will witness the reason soon, Dilya" I got hungry and offered him to visit the cafe that was nearby, to what he advised a better idea - to make a picnic. I went to the shop to buy some food, he started to kindle the fire. I have never thought, but in one day, I learnt about the nature more than during my whole studies. I have learnt that ice crystals of snow may be classified as macroscopic, crystalline forms in which ice appears, including hexagonal columns, hexagonal platelets, dendritic crystals, ice needles, and combinations of these forms. It started getting darker, and it was time to go back home and reanalyze everything that happened during the day. We went back to the train station, the train was scheduled to arrive at 5.49 pm. We arrived to the station at 5 pm. I decided to ask him about his phone number and social media accounts in order to be in touch. I was frustrated when he told that he doesn't use phone, neither social media. He told that he will stay at the mountains and wait for his friends. I left the place and come back to my daily rountine. I searched for him through everywhere but found that he was dead 5 years ago due to health issues. After analyzing his life story, I understood what he meant by saying "Mountains can hide better than the sea"...