[His fingers trace the curves of the ice and he smiles faintly.]

Just like the ice here, it has been changed by meeting you. It would not be if it weren't for you bringing it to life.

[His forefinger comes to rest at the end of the sculpture and he pauses.]

This place changes all of us, Kohaku-chan. It makes us different from what we would have been, if we had never been here.

A version of ourselves here. [He moves his hand and points to the water.] And of ourselves there, at home.