He did.
Spent the next ten minutes creating increasingly elaborate ice sculptures. Animals. Buildings. Abstract shapes that caught light in interesting ways. Each one more complex than the last. Each one demonstrating just how much control he had over his element.
I watched.
Asked for specific things. Made him create a dragon just to see if he could. Laughed when it came out looking more like an oversized lizard than anything divine.
He pretended to be offended. Created a better one. More detailed. With wings that actually looked like they might work for flight if ice could somehow become alive.
Eventually I got bored.
Not of watching him. Just of sitting still. Of being in the alcove when there was an entire cave system we hadn't fully explored yet.
"Let's go somewhere," I said.
He looked at me. "Where?"
"Anywhere. Walk around. See what else is here."
He considered this.
Then nodded. "Alright."
