Upon arrival at the mines, the place is no better than other places. Not only is the cold still permeating her skin through her bones but the snow is knee deep. The entrance of the mines is also a bit covered with snow so to fully enter without getting stuck, Elaina took out her shovel from her bag and started shoveling the snow around the entrance, freeing it from the pile of snow.
Despite the work being focused on moving around and racking up some sweat, the cold seems to prevent her from earning some good sweat that would at least warm her up. She is annoyed by this but she has no choice about this.
With the entrance cleared up, Elaina entered the mines hoping the temperature would be slightly better than the dropping temperature outside. And although she was not expecting that was the case...it seems her hopes have come true.