Whew... Hey, does
that look like an exit
ta anybody else?

Tired already?

We old folks lack stamina...
Judith, be a dear and
take him for a spell.

Oh, I wouldn't dream of
stealing your job from you.

Karol...you're awake, aren't you.

N-no I'm not!

Ow!

Karol's good at
pretending to sleep.

Forcing a poor old man
ta work in this cold...

Mister Karol. You're
made of tougher stuff
than I might've guessed.

Feeling better, Karol?

Yeah.

We were really worried about you.

Me too.

You didn't look that worried to me.

Really? That's weird.

Woof!

Just never do that again, okay?
We're all in this together.

Okay.

Mind telling me
what's so funny?

Hey. Easy, Yuri.

...I was just remembering
something the Don said.

“Take good care of your friends,
and they'll be there whenever
you need them.” ...was that it?

Yeah. I was thinking
maybe this is the kind
of thing he meant.

Well, if you feel like you
understand what he said, I'm
sure you're on the right track.

I hope so.

All right, the exit's right
in front of us. Let's go.

Everything all right?

Yeah. I was just thinking
that maybe all the ice here
was made by the aer.

The ice? From the aer?

Well, if all things are
made up of aer, that
would make sense.

The aer krene here was actually
quite stabilized. Enough for a
monster to control it.

Maybe, if huge quantities of
aer could be made solid, it
would help stabilize things.

You mean something like that
could restore the aer imbalance
and stop the disturbances?

I'm not sure. It would probably
need to be more efficient, and it
would take a lot more aer...

It would certainly be amazing
if you could do it, though!

So you wanna stay here and
research this aer krene?

No. There isn't
time for that.

Yeah, and we've already
burnt enough time here
as it is. Let's go.

Estelle, please be okay...

...

Once we're out of here, let's
ask somebody about what's
happening in the capital.

Sure thing.