You and Cobalt walk into the candy kitchen. The scent of peppermint, both refreshing and overwhelming, surrounds you.<\/p>\n
On the stove, a kettle of red and white liquid cooks while the candy-maker stands over a tray, squeezing candy canes from a tube connected to the candy kettle. Sitting next to him, a coal dwarf with a beard filled with peppermints scarfs down candy almost as quickly as the candy maker can make it.<\/p>\n
“Hope you two aren’t hungry,” says the coal dwarf, “not enough candy hear for all of us.”<\/p>\n
“I challenge you to a battle of wits, coal dwarf!” says Cobalt.<\/p>\n
The coal dwarf bites into a giant peppermint wheel.<\/p>\n
“Well,” says Cobalt, “what’s your first question?”<\/p>\n
:”Only one question,” says the coal dwarf, “you get it wrong, and you’ll have to work in the kitchen with the candy-maker.”<\/p>\n
“What’s your question?” Cobalt says with a steely glare.<\/p>\n