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The most pressing problem...

To Hector's mind, that had to be the poor visibility. But how in the world was he supposed to overcome that? He'd already tried to escape the blizzard, and that hadn't worked at all.

Agh. Don't complain. Just focus. Figure it out or die trying. That was his job, when it came down to it.

Well, how about just big, fat chunk of iron? So big that it could disrupt the blizzard? Make the snow and wind break against its body?

Worth a shot.

He materialized an enormous cylinder all around him as a kind of shelter, making it far wider than it was tall. As it grew, he hollowed it out and gave himself more space to move around. It wouldn't be long before Zeff broke in, so he was already preparing for it. He had multiple bullets "loaded" into his finger gun, and they were larger than that test version had been. He was just waiting for Zeff to show himself.

That did not happen, however. Instead, a dozen giant spears of ice pierced the iron shelter and peeled it apart like so many can openers.

And Hector still couldn't tell where Zeff was. The blizzard was still there.

Hector expected another walloping, but that didn't happen, either.

"Better," came Zeff's voice again, "but still not good enough. You're at least trying to solve the problem, now. Your solution was just incorrect. Try again."

Huh.

Hector couldn't help being a bit awestruck at how much slack the man was cutting him. Maybe he really was in a good mood, today.

He focused on the task at hand.

A simple structure wasn't going to work. That much was clear. He could try a complex one, like the maze that he'd used against Karkash.

But no, that didn't seem right, either. The problem was locating Zeff. A maze wouldn't improve his visibility. It would just help him hide--essentially giving Zeff the same problem that he had, right now. And sure, maybe that would be useful in its own way, but he felt like he could do better.

In parallel, another thought process was thinking about wind. Could he generate wind with his iron? Yeah, probably. But could he generate enough to blow the blizzard away?

Hmm.

Time to find out, he supposed.