[GM]
...Frost finds the work exceedingly tiring, and the heat truly is an
agony to her in her icy form.  Her mind focuses on cooling the lava,
shutting out the sounds of combat above.  Slowly, or so it seems to
her, the temperature begins to drop and the lava loses some of its
fluidity.  A little longer and there is a darker, cooler semi-elastic
shell on top.  Finally, though still at least 40 degrees or so, the
lava river is cooled off, and the passage, while stifling, is much
more bearable.
[/GM]

[Ted]
The lizard man scrambled for the crack in the floor.
[/Ted]