"I dare a fuckin' snake to mess with me."

The pointless bravado wasn't entirely stupid-- just ignorant. Poisonous snakes weren't really a thing up north.

But ignorant or not, she was determined.

And when she failed to like... evaporate, she took another step. The water hissed again, but didn't bubble or boil. However much heat was radiating off of Heather's strange new body, it didn't seem to be enough to do much other than make a noise like when you stick a hot frying pan under a faucet.