““My legion!” Stanley said. “I have achieved an even greater level of mastery! Behold!” He held up his beer mug and pointed the open end toward a nearby palm tree. “ Mulciber !” he yelled. Nothing happened. He shook the beer mug, and held it out once more. “ Mulciber !” Once again he intoned the word, but with a slightly different emphasis. Again nothing happened. “Damn. Mulciber ! Mulciber ! Mulciber !” Suddenly a large ball of fire erupted from the end of the beer mug, nearly singed Stanley’s eyebrows, and flew up into the sky in a large, fiery arc, eventually plunging with a sizzle into the lake.””
