Hans wasn't in the habit of staring. He'd been taught that such an action was rude - or to be used to unnerve others in a political negotiation, it was incredible how many people looked away from a good, solid stare.
But this...was not something he'd ever dealt with before.
"Boy, you sure are good at this game! You've barely blinked at all this whole time!"
Green eyes continued to stare, darting from lumpy snow features and stick arms, to coal buttons and crooked carrot nose. It was made up of inanimate objects, yet here it was, walking and talking like the most obnoxiously curious child Hans had ever seen.
He was trying to figure out...how? Beyond the magic, beyond the sorcery, there had to be an explanation for this. This creature wasn't like the one that guarded the Queen's ice palace; the beast on the mountain seemed to follow her orders, this lump of ill-formed snow didn't seem to follow anyone's command - while not something Hans would call entirely intelligent, it made decisions for itself.
"You look kinda lonely...Oh, oh! Do you need a friend? We could be friends!" the snowman exclaimed, ignorant of the foreign prince's soon departure for the Southern Isles.
"Friends? Children make friends. I have no need of them," Hans sniped, glowering at the optimistic creature.
"Didn't you have childhood friends?" Olaf inquired curiously, "I did! Well, I was more Anna and Elsa's childhood friend, since they built me as kids!"
"How nice for you."
"I like to think so."
There was a blessedly rare bout of silence since the snow being had waddled up to him and started talking, and Hans was appreciative of it.
"Sooo...Did you have friends as a child?" Olaf asked again, lumpy little feet kicking back and forth, his flurry whirling about quietly.
Hans glared at the snowman for breaking the silence, sharply turning his head away. "...Mine were all imaginary, so no."
This brought a grin - well, a wider grin - to Olaf's white, faintly sparkling face. "I could be your new imaginary friend! Everyone should have a friend, don't you think?"