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Father Gregor plunged through the deep snow. The perpetual powder blanketed the path, seemingly without end. He exhaled a breath, creating a misty cloud from enervation, and paused when he saw an immense, transparent glacier.
Ignacio was frozen within the colossal crystal.
“No, no!” Father Gregor exclaimed, thrusting through the snow, and thumping his fists against the glacier’s icy face. “No, no, no, please! Ignacio, please be alive! Ignacio!”
He gradually crumbled to his knees, shedding tears.
“I’m… too late…”