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Oh honey...

[She's absent mindedly looking at a few experiments he has set up, lifting up her goggles and looking through the glass trying to get a better impression of his work. Slowly she turns, grinning at him.]

You sound like you're not happy to see me.

Kindly do not touch that. It is... for Nora.

[That last word might have the hint of emotion within its cold words as he leaves his computer, metal boots clanking hard upon cold metal in the near-frozen lab.]

I regret the present temperature drop if it is umcomfortable for you, Catwoman, but my mind performs better in the most ideal Hypothalamic conditions possible. And your presence was... expected. I was merely absorbed in my work.

Do you have what I asked for?

You mean this?

[She reaches into a pocket pulling out a rather large velvet bag. Selina swings it between her fingers casually, raising an eyebrow.]

I have to ask myself - What do you need with such a big old rock?

[Fries stomps forwards towards her, something of a snarl on his face. The Ice Cannon is in his hand, lowered but present.]

Be careful with that which you term a 'big old rock', Ms Kyle. That artifact is more valuable than the majority of the trinkets you are reported to take. It contains elements of a sub-zero compound compressed over fifty thousand years of compression since the last great Ice Age, that which might prove essential towards my work of reviving my dear Nora. And since the Gotham Rock Society were showing it, you seemed the most ideal individual to take the artifact without attracting the authorities or the Batman. But if you damage it, I shall not prove so willing to let you have your desired funds, or indeed breathe at all...

[The snarl fades to return to emotional expression, then a slightest of smiles.]

Still, I have no desire to make pointless threats. Your payment is here - cut diamonds as promised, to satisfy your emotional qualities towards that which shines, Miss Kyle.

[He uses his free arm to click a case open revealing the jewels within. He waits expectantly to be handed the rock.]

[She casually drops the bag into his outstretched hand, smiling.]

Good look with that frosty. I'll be taking my payment now.

[Freeze stares hard at her nick-nameing, but nonetheless picks up the case and passes it to her with a curt nod.]

Your work is done, now I have an experiment to run. Should I require your services in the future I trust you are contactable by the usual means. Till next time, Ms Kyle.

[Sneaking into secret laboratories? Check. Caught red-handed? Check. Freezing her ASS off? Double-check.]

I- I w- I was j...

Godd..damn, it's c-cold...

You are not supposed to be here. And the cold is ideal. It helps me think.

[Turning to face the woman Fries lifts a large Ice Cannon from the table and aims it in her direction.]

Explain your presence or I will regretfully be required to end your life. It will not be painful. Merely the cold embrace of death.

Just curious about what this work was.

[That explains the mist around here]

Sorry! I though there wasn't anyone in there so I decided to explore it. I hope I'm not being a nuisance.