[ Has Loki not taught him, once and again, through the valleys of treachery, atop the mountain peaks of malice, that hope will only serve to immolate the last remnants of their brotherhood?
Thor offers him the singularity of his subservience, and Loki's laughter roars within him, rattling through his mind, bones upon bones and steel upon steel. Outwardly, he is silent.
Of course Thor believes that the penance of Asgard's chosen will be enough to reel his wayward brother home. As if Thor is the end and the beginning of everything that Loki is.
(A liesmith does not deal in truths.)
When Loki speaks, he does so with careful solemnity. ]
Very well, then. Name yourself my champion, bound to me by oath and vow, for one task of my choosing.
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Thor offers him the singularity of his subservience, and Loki's laughter roars within him, rattling through his mind, bones upon bones and steel upon steel. Outwardly, he is silent.
Of course Thor believes that the penance of Asgard's chosen will be enough to reel his wayward brother home. As if Thor is the end and the beginning of everything that Loki is.
(A liesmith does not deal in truths.)
When Loki speaks, he does so with careful solemnity. ]
Very well, then. Name yourself my champion, bound to me by oath and vow, for one task of my choosing.