> John looked up as he heard something that sounded like an explosion. "Did you hear that?" he asked Ice as he looked around. He stood up, ran his hands through his hair to wake himself up and then grabbed his bag. "It sounded like something exploded near the forest," he said.

Ice looks toward the door, crossing her arms across her chest. Ice, unknowing to her, began to form on her fingertips, a defensive mechanism that she developed after they cleared the city out. "Yeah, I did. You want to go check it out?" She tried not to sound nervous, but in her effort, she manages to sound weak. She swallows hard and tries to put on her usual icy façade.