Michael smirked and nodded, satisfied with the answer. Of course, he hadn't expected much else. He then willed his sword to disappear again -- after all, this was meant to be a snowball fight, and using a sword of fire would have kind of defeated the purpose, right?

"Oh, definitely," he said, glancing around to make sure nobody was coming after them at the moment. Glancing then up the hill, he added, "You know... Once we make it up there, it should be easy to rebuild that fortress. That'd give us even better grounds." With these musings, he then started to run up the hill.