In his guise as Lara, it was easy for Loki to gain access to his estranged son's Fortress. Loki could have teleported inside and used his magic to disable any counter measures, but he was feeling nostalgic and felt it would be more appropriate to great his long lost son in the form in which he had given birth. Contemplating the seemingly endless expanse of snow from the crystalline structure of his son's home away from home, Loki mused that perhaps Kal-El had inherited just a smidgeon of his Frost Giant heritage.