You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

As Mike visited the arctic his fever calmed down due to the _ being cold and not hot.
arctic

Kirk had hurt his leg muscle at the gym and he treated it with epsom salt while avoiding balm, because he thought the _ might make it worse.
balm

Kim did not want to get pregnant so she insisted her partner wear a condom when they had sex but the _ was not enough.

condom