"Kul wahad! It is a true wonder, this this you do." Tentatively she reached to touch the ice and left her hand there until she hissed and withdrew it, shaking it to attempt to relieve the icy tingle where her fingertips hand gone numb as they rested against the ice. "Where I am from there is no such thing. Just rock and heat and sand as far as the eye can see."

Ice. Snow. Water. Arha's head swam with the possibilities.

"How do you do this thing? Does it come from moisture in the air or do you just...poof!" She gestured, her eyes huge. "...make it appear?"