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Earendil was surprised by how forcefully Miyuki launched herself at him, and he squawked and fell backwards, catching her in his arms. "Whaaa!"

He hit the floor with a thunk and chuckled. "Wow. That was ... powerful." He rolled over and got to his feet, holding Miyuki in his arms. "You know," he grinned at her, "if you want to go outside, you have to let your mommy dress you up."

"Maybe you should try a jacket, or a coat, or whatever it is that Shiro had with on the trip," Earendil suggested, holding Miyuki still for Lin. "I know it's more constrictive, but maybe she'll like it better ... or if not, maybe she'll at least realize that a cloak isn't so bad."

Once Miyuki was ready, he set her down again and opened the door for her. Outside, the snow had already been shoveled away from the door (by Fletcher during the morning), but away from the door the snow was as deep as Miyuki was tall. Good news: she couldn't run away.

Earendil stared at the snow, and stared some more, and finally closed the door behind them. That ... was a lot of snow.

"Haldia would love to see this," he chuckled, reaching down and picking up a handful of the white stuff. It was cold, but it seemed to stick together very well.

Earendil chuckled. "Didn't Amalirahc say something about it being ice cream yesterday?" he winked at Lin, setting out into the snow.

When he walked, he stayed on top of the snow, barely sinking enough to leave a footprint.

Kids were so cute, he thought. Amalirahc and thinking that snow was ice cream ... Miyuki trying to eat it ...

"Now that doesn't sound pleasant," Earendil frowned, looking down at Lin.

He paused. He had to look ... very far down at her now. He blinked and looked further down to see her standing in snow that came up past her knees. "What ..."

He looked down at his own feet and saw that he was on top of the snow. "Is this normal?" he asked, bewildered.

Earendil shook his head, amazed. "Wow. That's about all I can say."

He stomped down into the snow with both feet to see what it was like, and very quickly he decided that he liked being able to walk on the top of it.

"So," he grinned at Lin. "Going to show me a fort?"

Earendil nodded and smiled. "Shall we, then?" he grinned. "Or do you want to just look around a bit? It's the first time I've been on a mountain other than the one I grew up on."

He looked around a bit. It looked kind of interesting up here: there was a large (as in taller than him) boulder near the edge of the plateau that was covered with snow, and the plateau itself was quite large. Perhaps the size of the courtyard back home. The plateau itself was clear of trees and such, but the entire mountainside, right up to the clearing and again up past it, was covered with large trees.