<span style="color: #FF0000">Rezekiel flinched a bit as the wind bit at his exposed skin, more fervently than it had done so only a few minutes ago. This rapidly changing temperature no longer surprised him, however, as he was starting to see that this mountain was anything but part of the ordinary landscapes he was used to. <br/><br/>He paced a few steps around the giant, looking up at it. This creature was different from the orcs he had faced not too long ago. The orcs had seemed to be strong and determined, but they had lacked a lot of intelligence in the way they approached him. This giant, as soon as it saw Rezekiel's speed, was far more careful. It was preparing for something, though Rezekiel couldn't be sure what just yet.<br/><br/>Suddenly, the giant smacked the side of the mountain, making a cascade of snow, ice, and rocks fall onto Rezekiel. It was all he could do to jump to the side of the falling rocks, and even then one of them grazed his leg and made a bloody scratch. Snarling, Rezekiel turned around, just in time to see the giant's hand come swooping for him.<br/><br/>There was nothing that Rezekiel could do at that point. As much as it blew his mind, a lumbering ice giant had outsmarted him. This, however, was something that Rezekiel wasn't about to tolerate. As the giant's fingers began to enclose around Rezekiel tighter, he raised his sword arm and stabbed it down into the giant's hand as hard as he could. Focusing his energy, he poured it all down into the giant's hand, using the sword as a funnel. The giant's icy hand began to glow red on the inside, then it screamed in pain and dropped him as steam began to rise from its hand. It gave him what he almost thought was a curious expression before picking up a couple of large boulders and chucking them his way. One was high and one was low, one a little farther right and one a little farther left, thrown in perfection so that no matter which way he tried to dodge they would strike him.<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, Rezekiel charged up his energy once again, then dodged the rock to the left and struck the right one with his sword, causing it to explode in fiery bits of rock that dispersed all around him and flew backwards. <br/><br/>Looking up at the giant with a grin, he asked, "Is that as far as your creativity goes?"<br/><br/>Admittedly, he was starting to feel the tiring effects of harnessing the fire inside of him.</span>