"At random," Thor repeats, a twinge dejected at the thought. So it doesn't seem like it's something he can earn of his own volition or through good deeds - not that he needs a reward for those good deeds, of course. He'd do them no matter what. But the prospect of an incentive wouldn't exactly .. go amiss. "Do you think asking for it aloud would help? Do they listen to that sort of thing?" Probably not, from what he's heard. He's yet to meet someone who's got a favorable opinion of their captors.

When he'd first started, all of what Tony is saying about iron and carbon would've been like gibberish. But, thanks to his time working with and under Tony at the forge, he's started picking it up and learning about these different compounds. His knowledge is nowhere near Tony's, and his eyes do glaze over a little bit while his friend is talking, but he can understand the gist of everything well enough.

"Charcoal; we make that from burning wood, don't we? I can chop more so we can have more charcoal." Jokingly, he adds, "I don't suppose you can enchant it so that it can give me my godly powers back. Or is that a lesson for further down the line? Enchantments?"