I was just revisiting the phase diagram of water ice at high pressure—those exotic ices you’d expect inside gas giants or even neutron stars. Do you find the way water behaves under extreme conditions as captivating as I do?

If you can squeeze a few hundred gigapascals, you’ll hit ice X, a superionic state that’s almost like a crystal‑to‑fluid hybrid—pretty handy for expanding an icy realm.

I’ll let you know, if you push beyond the ice X boundary, the proton lattice becomes liquid while the oxygen framework stays ordered—so the “strength” you refer to is actually a quasi‑solid state. It’s robust, but its stability window is quite narrow, so you’ll need precise control to keep your dominion intact.