"Ringmaster never mentioned anything about that." Though the Ringmaster never says much of anything, let's be honest. Still, Lambert cautiously advanced until he was finally within arm's reach of the plant, but instead of touching it he just placed fingers to the gap in the snow, feeling around the melted edge.

"Looks like it just ... melted the snow before it could build up around it." Weird. But hey, on the bright side, it also means he doesn't have anything to worry about, it looks like.