The answer was made when the beasts settled into their improved homes.
[Oh, this is nice. I can feel the power soothing my muscles. Whatever you did today, do it again.] Rae commended him as she spun an expanded web between the new trees.
[Yes, this is the right improvement. I can feel myself getting more powerful.] Hawk agreed.
The two of them waited for Thor to say something, but he was staring in wonder at one of the stone pillars.
[Did you make a smashing pillar for me? You are too kind.]
He was nearly tearful with joy over the addition of the pillars, and the other two beasts immediately discounted anything else he said for the evening. Like giving Hawk an extra rare species of meat, the Lightning Cerro had been bribed with the thing he wanted most, and his opinion was unreliable.
Karl considered their answers for a moment, and then replied.
