[Al barely manages to throw his arms over his head before he's pelted with the ice cubes, scowling irritably as he brushes them away.]

"If I can even feel my fingertips."

[Suffice it to say he does not look impressed.]

"I mean, that all sounds like it'd be fun, but that won't make it any less cold. And anyway, there's already plenty to do around here. All these great people to get to know, worlds to learn about, books to read-"

[Not that he was great at reading anything that long and dense, his literacy was severely curtailed by his lifestyle, but hey, he was learning.]


"-All of which I can do without freezing my hands off."