"But don't worry… I am not that brute." Frost brought Neve and her companions to the brink of despair before offering them a kind hand. He donned a warm, inviting smile polarising himself in contrast against the brutish frost giant.
Neve and her fellow maidens simply needed to understand the true depths of their current predicament before he would elaborate on his offered terms, only then would they accept them without much resistance. Break them down so as to build them up stronger.
"I will not accept those who do not pull their own weight but unlike that brute I will not force you against your will nor will I abandon you after some time has passed." Frost's voice stretched throughout the cave and entered the ears of every single maiden including the two elders who had nearly passed out during his speech.
