Back in the mall, a certain figure just about everyone forgot about began getting tired of waiting.
"Best make of this what I can..." muttered the assassin to himself.
He began to wander the aisles of the mall, fascinated by how far technology had come since he had joined the Court in the 1600s.
Finally, Ephraim Newhouse found what he was looking for. The heating controls. He set them all hot as they'd go and destroyed the controls, destroying any chance of freezing him like his allies.
"And now we wait for Mr. Nitram."