Frostbound

Day 42

Huff, Huff.

My body hurt from the strain, but I powered through. Sweat was dripping down into my eyes but I was almost done and it would only take a little more.

I was doing the best I could and it was still threatening to fall apart. I could see parts of it shaking and about to fall. I had to double down and firm my grip to make sure that it all held.

"Hurry up, I don't know how much longer I can do this." My words fell on deaf ears.

In no more of a hurry than before I spoke, she put the finishing touches on, taking her sweet time. Now that she was down, I could relax. It wouldn't do to have a little girl fall from that high.

A round of applause rippled out from the crowd that gathered around us and I carried Anna back to admire our work.

It was flawless.

The snowman reached over 12 feet tall and the hat fit perfectly. Anna couldn't reach high enough to put the hat on, so I had to hold her up, while also holding the snowman together with [Ice Manipulation].

I never knew something so inconspicuous took so much effort. Creating the ice with [Hail] was the easy part, shaping it into what Anna considered the right shape was hard. I had to hold three separate balls of ice in the right shape before getting all of it according to her specifications. Admittedly, I could have made it easier on myself and done it one at a time, but that wasn't the point.

Trying to think of ways to train [Ice Manipulation] was hard, I had just been juggling a few pieces in the air when the thought of making a snowman popped into my head. It was just a random thing to make and I thought it would be funny, so I did it. Once Anna saw what I was doing she demanded to be able to help. By help, she meant to take over.