IT WOULD BURN AWAY THE PLANTS but also the Lior so nvm
we can just say the idea of using ice magic simply doesn't occur to them at first because they're in too much of a "OH GOD OH FUCK PERSON STUCK" and being a grownup 100+ year old smart healer-mage does not mean you are immune to occasional bouts of the Dumbass, so they have a chance to thoroughly embarrass themselves first
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we can just say the idea of using ice magic simply doesn't occur to them at first because they're in too much of a "OH GOD OH FUCK PERSON STUCK" and being a grownup 100+ year old smart healer-mage does not mean you are immune to occasional bouts of the Dumbass, so they have a chance to thoroughly embarrass themselves first