[ a nod as he takes his hand back, balling his fist, and finally extending his pinky. ] It's called a pinky promise, and it's not something that you make lightly. We even have a saying back in Snezhnaya to go along with it, You make a pinkie promise, you keep it all your life. You break a pinkie promise, I throw you on the ice. The cold will kill the pinkie that once betrayed your friend, the frost will freeze your tongue off so you never lie again.

[ he keeps his pinky out. ] ...let's promise to meet again some day, Haniel. Whether it'll be under good or bad circumstances neither you nor I can say, but we can both certainly hope for the former, yeah? [ a smile follows. ]