Duster put his good foot forward as leverage as he pushed against the rock with all this weight. Phrygia and Lucas made this look easy just with a few Encouraging Words, but no amount of sweet talking could move this boulder. His muscles strained as it slowly rolls out of the dirt, roots and bugs clinging onto the bottom. Once it got unstuck, rolling it over was easy. He held back an arm once he let go to keep Akane from falling over and watched gravity do the rest of the job.

...A lot of work.

...They have created the world's more perfect snowball.

"Hey, effort in, effort out my dad always used to say." Not that his father was the most trusted source, but it felt like a good, wise thing to say in an emotional moment. "And the rock's having fun at the same time," he added with a smile.