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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 15:42:20 GMT -5
Loki saw Herbert von Krolock smirking at him as he rushed by, and he returned a stiff, disgusted glare. This only made Herbert sniff primly and turn his nose up and his face away from Loki, but Loki didn't have time to deal with vampires this evening.
He followed Teja into the next room, which was mostly Greek pottery in glass cases, and halted the world around them.
"...I'm sorry, Teja. Truly. I just don't know what my options are anymore."
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 15:55:10 GMT -5
Teja knew what the silence meant before she turned around.
"...I know," she said softly. "You don't have any, do you?"
After a pregnant pause, she approached him with her hands up to touch his face sadly, as she would have comforted him in the past.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 18:02:03 GMT -5
"'I mean..."
He gestured around himself.
"I should be happy. I've won, haven't I?"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 18:22:15 GMT -5
"You won the throne. You lost everything here. I guess you won?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 18:44:25 GMT -5
His face fell.
"...what?"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 19:07:04 GMT -5
"You won in Asgard," she repeated, not following his confusion.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 19:44:35 GMT -5
"I mean that I have a choice ," he said. "I think I'd know by now if I were going the way of your books, yes? "
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 19:45:39 GMT -5
"And what do you choose, Loki? Who do you want to be?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 20:04:17 GMT -5
He put his hands on her shoulders, over the sides.
"I choose you, " he said. "And- well, if that means New York, then I choose New York as well. "
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 20:07:32 GMT -5
She hesitated.
"What if... I... don't choose you?" she asked, touching his hand to soften the blow.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 20:13:58 GMT -5
"...that was always a possibility, I suppose, " he conceded, casting his eyes downward.
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 20:16:13 GMT -5
"I can't be your only motive in doing things. I can't, Loki. It's messing with me too much. Of course I want to be considered, but - even if you married me and I lived to be 90, you'd still- You would still-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 20:20:05 GMT -5
"-revert?" he said, backing away from her. "Is that what you're afraid of?"
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Post by Teja on Dec 28, 2014 20:22:24 GMT -5
"Have an entire life to live. And what if - What if we do break up? And you should be in Asgard, or something, but you stayed in New York? Don't you see how - how I feel? How guilty I'd feel leaving you, if you chose me over the throne? I don't want to be with you because of guilt."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Dec 28, 2014 20:28:54 GMT -5
"...do you think I'm so weak as to- to be unable to manage that? Asgard can wait-"
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