I made a chemical compound, to try and break it up. But it...reacted in a way I didn't expect. It created this unbreakable amber solution. It nearly swallowed me up, but Dad pushed me out of the way and got stuck in it himself. I- it was encasing him and I had to help him. I was so scared he was gonna-

[He pauses for a moment, taking in a shuddery breath. This is what he faced when the red rocks made him see what he feared the most. It still brings him out of dreams in a panic more often than not. He tries to move on, to not get stuck on this- he's got a story to tell her and he can't get stuck on the first hurdle. ]

I went to Rapunzel. She- she'd promised she'd help me, but there was this snowstorm, a big one- she couldn't abandon the city to help me and the guards thought I was attacking her when I begged her to come anyway and threw me back into the storm. [He chews the bottom of his lip.] By the time I got home, it was too late. He- Dad was completely encased.