A long time passed

She shrugged, as her latest victim ran off sobbing.

"...Seriously though , I've been working on somethin' that I reckon to be quite the treat , care to take a gander?"

"What is it?" She asked, turning back to him after watching the poor wee woman she had been tormenting run away.

"Well just follow me." He replies and gestures for her to follow him. After a short walk they arrive in the mountains where he built his tower , the greet smooth sided black spire looking ominous and forboding in the thick snow , though Al keeps them warm with a potent ball of flame.

"You build that?" She asked.

"Oh it's nothin'" He replies with utterly fake humility as he beams with pride.

She merely shrugged. "It's okay."

"Well I'd like to see you try and build one." He pouts .

"I will, eventually," She replied calmly.

"Oh puh-lease sugar you couldn't build a lego fort." He teases "I know , because you tried."

"Eight years ago."

"Mmmhmmn....but you know when I built this?" He replies with a smug smirk as the great portcullis gates raise to allow them through.

"Do I want to know?" She asked as they entered.

"Well I wouldn't want to embarass you hon ." He replies condescendingly.

"It is okay; I will build a better tower."

"No , you'll try and fail because you don't know a damn thing about buildin' , then you'll call me over and attempt to coerce me into building it , and when I do you'll take all the credit quicker than a jack rabbit to a cabbage patch  because you advised me to add 'cool spikes'."  He corrects her "Slip of the tongue I'm sure."

"Or I shall find others to build for me, and I can get rid of them easy, allowing me to take the credit easier," She replied.

"And none of them would be able to build anything better than what I could." He replies with confidence as the massive doors of his forge tower swinge open revealing a great circular smithy complete with a roaring forge fueled by entrapped fire demons , a massive forboding industrial hammer , and several kilns , grindstones , gem cutters , and the crown jewel of it all the great forging hammer that lies near the forge flames. "But right now is not the time to talk about what I could built sugar , let's speak on what I have."

"And what is that?" She asked with a slight sigh.

"I'm glad you asked but I was going to tell you anyway because I'm currently as high up as a cat on a pole." He replies as he makes his way to the center of the forge to a large stone disk carved with the image of a hammer surrounded by six stars and gestures for her to join him.

She did so. "What is this,?"

With that the stone disk shakes a little and slowly begins to turn under their feet and sink beneath the ground "The basement."

She looked at him quizzically.

"I know that name is uglier than the devil on Sunday but I couldn't think of anything else " He replies sheepishly as the disk lowers deeper and deeper beneath the ground and the air increases i temperature.

"What is in the basement?"