Honestly, if Ba'al had heard that what the Ancients could do wasn't that amazing by Mokou's standards, he wouldn't have been surprised. Of course, they got some extra abilities once they Ascended, as his experience with Anubis could attest, but that was another of those facts that he would keep to himself. After all, she hadn't asked what he meant by being pure energy, so he didn't feel compelled to tell her. 

"Interesting,' Ba'al replied to her comment on technology as he waited for them to get where they were going. "There was a man on Earth named Arthur C. Clarke who said 'sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.' I'd like to think that was at least a bit true in my case. When one is confronted by a feudal society, it is useful to have such things as energy based weaponry, the ability to move between planets in but a few moments, time travel." Hey, he was a Goa'uld, you had to expect at least a bit of boasting from him on the might and power of his people, with the technology at their disposal, even if it had proven sadly less than amazing compared to the Tau'ri.

Another 'ding' heralded their arrival on the top floor, and the door slid open to reveal them at the top of the building, a small flight of stairs off to the side leading to the roof. Together, they emerged onto that great height, wind pushing and blowing past the two of them as Ba'al stepped over to the edge, his eye catching sight of the people down below. "Now that is interesting," he said idly, wondering how many there actually were down there.