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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 5:58:07 GMT -5
"I showed him," Loki cut him off. "I- I showed Laufey. I thought... perhaps... maybe he would listen to me- maybe it had been a mistake and he hadn't intended for me to die-"
He took a deep, shuddering breath.
"...I turned his stomach."
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 6:01:19 GMT -5
"You don't turn mine."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 15:22:06 GMT -5
"What a relief," Loki said dryly.
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 16:18:28 GMT -5
"Do you so value what Laufey thinks? You did kill him."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 17:01:29 GMT -5
"Nothing like learning yourself to be a monster and then learning other monsters share the opinion."
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 17:27:05 GMT -5
So he had Laufey's opinion, and now Fandral's - in retrospect this was probably not enough to balance it out.
"And your mortal's opinion?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 17:52:24 GMT -5
"...she likes the horns," he said, gesturing at them. "And the hair, such as it is."
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 18:00:13 GMT -5
"And the lines? Do they...?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 18:03:19 GMT -5
"...yes," he said, with a weak, knowing laugh. "They do."
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 18:10:34 GMT -5
Fandral's eyebrows went up slightly.
"And she doesn't like that?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 18:32:06 GMT -5
"She hasn't expressed any particular emotion regarding that."
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 18:47:39 GMT -5
"Well, ask her," said Fandral. He felt bringing the cheer to a conversation was a natural skill of his but this was entirely different and he felt uncharacteristically inadequate.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 19:34:31 GMT -5
"'You know, darling, I've never thought to ask you what you think of my birthmarks,'" Loki said, with a very flat expression as he sat again. He took a few deep, measured breaths and leaned his head back to regain his bearings.
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Post by Fandral on Mar 25, 2014 19:37:17 GMT -5
Fandral's eyebrows went up even higher this time.
"What have you been doing in Midgard?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Mar 25, 2014 19:56:58 GMT -5
"Do you really want to know?" Loki sighed. "And we were just beginning to get along again, too."
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