[ Well... this would be easy to explain in context!! But it's a bit harder to explain to a human, so they pause momentarily, thinking of how to make it simpler. ]
You know that gems get our energy from light, don't you? So, in winter, most gems hibernate. Though, one of us stays up to do "winter duties"— that's my job.
[ They start with that, giving her a moment to digest that before they move on to the actual iceberg tidbit. ]
There are big masses of ice that hit each other and make a lot of noise... they'll wake up the gems during hibernation, so a gem in charge of winter duty needs to break them.
[ They point at the shoes. ]
Using those, and the saw that I'm sure you've seen me carry around.
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[ Rewind-- ]
Why were you stabbing ice, again?
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You know that gems get our energy from light, don't you? So, in winter, most gems hibernate. Though, one of us stays up to do "winter duties"— that's my job.
[ They start with that, giving her a moment to digest that before they move on to the actual iceberg tidbit. ]
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[ is Cairngorm awake enough to do that, though?? ]
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[ They point at the shoes. ]
Using those, and the saw that I'm sure you've seen me carry around.