"Er, that's not exactly what he meant..." Jared said to Elim, grinning despite himself at the boy's apparent lack of knowledge of snowmen, "Snowmen are... well, kids sort of build them out of snow, then use coal and carrots to give it a face, then finally giving it a scarf and hat so it appears more human. It's just harmless fun, really. No danger or fighting involved." his explanation of snowmen was basic as can be, but still served its purpose. He was walking by this point, watching Elim move further ahead. Why was he even acting as the de facto leader? Was it the Keyblade? His ability to fly the ship? He didn't really know, but somehow he just ended up in the role, and for now just went with it. 

He had to admit that Serene made a good point. Here they were, thrust together into a perilous situation by the hand of fate, and they hadn't really introduced themselves yet. Fortunately, Simo and Kasus were quick to agree and remedied that by introducing themselves, while Elim did so with what Jared believed to be hesitation or reluctance. Still, it seemed he was the only one now who had to talk about himself, "I'm Jared," he finally said, "and the old man who saved us back in Lunaris was Dion, he's my... well, I guess you could say he's like a foster father. He took me in after all, gave me a home when no one else would..." his voice trailed slightly when he started thinking of the old man. How was he anyway? He'd said something about buying the others time to escape... did that mean he actually tried to fight those Judges?

Jared shook his head, wishing not to think about it decided instead to focus on finding that princess and queen, "Well, according to Hans the princess went toward the mountains when she went after her sister, so I would think that's as good a place as any to start. I just hope those Heartless haven't got to her already." having said that, he picked up the pace, starting to realize that both their targets may very well have fallen prey to the Heartless as the Prince nearly did, in which case he wanted to find them all the sooner. For now, the travel was uneventful, but by sundown the intrepid adventurers found themselves staring up at the frost covered mountain that overlooked the now-distant Arendelle.

"Well, no place to go but up, right?" asked Jared, beginning to look around for some kind of path or at the very least a spot suitable for climbing. He hadn't elaborated about his past to the others, but back home he was quite an accomplished swimmer and climber, so finding a way to get up this blasted mountain would have to fall to his shoulders as he assumed he was the one with the most climbing experience.