Looks as though redemption staff are trying to tell us it's fire...
But mayhaps it's just a CLEVER RUSE!!!
I was convinced he was fighting since "Buff bod, Muscle-talk, Training in the mountains (Number one fighting cliché ever >:C), and there's the whole cold weather thing, that just made me think of maylene going to train in the snow x.x though that's probably completely unintended.
Then again, that talk of resisting ice, along with his hair style.. x.x
Also, has gallade studied Greek history?
Or watched the movie 300 maybe?
that could be where he heard it before ¬¬