Having it in his mouth sped the thaw. His hands fell from the mirror like they weighed a hundred pounds each, the ice on his arms starting to crack as they hit the ice on his knees. His eyes were still iced over, but the ice over his ears were slowly starting to clear. So he heard...

She still couldn't turn his head, but his eyes slid to the side through the ice as best he could and widened. "Fa....father?" he almost spit out the plum accidentally in his shock.