Tons of ♥ to you, too. I'm just glad I could give you something nice for your birthday. Even if it was a little less-than-punctual.
I think I totally nicked the ice symbolism from the conversations I've had with you about it over IM. And I do think that Celes's harshest critic is Celes herself.
...also, Leo, plz to be stop mashing my "Essentially Noble Characters Screwed Over By Canon" button. I have enough people in here already who hammer away at that thing!