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Almost there. As Kari placed her staff into the ice once more, she carved out a space and hoisted herself forward, placed her foot into the notch, and repeated the process a few feet farther. A chilly wind blew through, momentarily stopping the her in her tracks and eliciting a shiver from the reaper. Rubbing her fingers with her thumbs, she realized that she was beginning to lose feeling in her digits. She needed to finish her task soon, or she would probably freeze to death. She had to admit that quite some time had been invested trying to get to the ore sitting atop the glacier.

"And... got you!," the tired reaper cheered as she reached out and managed to place one hand around the highly sought-after Machalite Ore. Checking at the base, her joy was short-lived with how deep down the ore was buried in the ice. Working the staff into a groove, she began heating it up so she could create a wide enough gap to slip the ore out from. Feeling the heat seep into her fingers from the staff as the ice around the edges of the ore slowly began to melt, Kari huddled down to try to block out as much of the wind as possible. At this rate, the reaper was going to develop frostbite, and had only prevented it this long with the constant heating of her staff. Her energy couldn't hold out forever, though, between energizing her staff to melt away the ice and keeping herself warm.

At last, the ore began to shift slightly. Digging the staff deeper into the groove, Kari managed to wedge the tip under the ore. Using the weapon as a lever, she was able to ease the Machalite out of the hole it had previously rested in. Grabbing hold of it, Kari used the hole to push off. The sudden motion sent her racing back down the glacier, towards the village with her prize.