"Huff, huff! Why are you so heavy?!" Violet tried to move the ice statues since she didn't want to look at them all the time while waiting. The embers by her side danced happily, but it was no use to ask them for help.
"That's… a very advanced form of the bondage… Do you like things like this?" A chuckle touched her ears. Cassiel walked silently, like a shadow passing by the night street. He leaned against the tree, as he observed her struggle to hide what she had done.
"You are back?" She gives up on moving the bandits and lets them lie on the ground in the frozen positions.
"These things are useless… I leave them here to protect you, but in the end, you had to use your ice…" He raised his hand, and the flames left her side, returning to their original owner. He closed his palm and the fire disappeared with a wisp.
"Hey, why did you do it?" Violet pouted. "It was nice to have them around me, it was like a personal heater…"
