[he cocks his head at her in reptile askance, but -- this isn't the time to inquire, perhaps]

If you open a path, I can freeze it so it stays open for a bit...it won't go far, though. My range isn't wide.

[a big chunk of power is already going into the manipulation of water to get and keep people here, too; he has to keep some back for the return trip. he's a water seraph, not a god.]

Anyone else--?