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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 20:07:04 GMT -5
"...yes, yes, I can do that. Oh, god-" she squeaked, and started to cry for a few seconds, before it stopped, as though she couldn't anymore.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 20:33:03 GMT -5
He had never seen her this terrified before, not even for his sake. There was no way he could force her through this, not when she reacted this way-
"Or sssh, darling- what if I showed up on my own and threatened him-"
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 20:38:12 GMT -5
"Oh god, Loki," she whimpered, peeking through her fingers, "he asked me not to tell you... I told him I had to, I think the topic was dropped, but he didn't really agree, he just said he was too old to argue - I'm sure that's why he didn't want you to know..."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 20, 2015 3:15:31 GMT -5
"He told you not to tell me?" Loki repeated incredulously.
He leaned back and laughed, dazed.
"At this rate, the greater challenge may be for me to not kill him."
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Post by Teja on Sept 20, 2015 3:17:39 GMT -5
She froze in terror.
"Loki-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 20, 2015 3:20:18 GMT -5
"I won't. I'm on my best behavior, remember? I spent eight hours with Veidt's people today, I'm not going to reward them by making their time wasted."
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Post by Teja on Sept 20, 2015 3:21:42 GMT -5
"I just feel, " she ventured hesitantly, before clamming up.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 20, 2015 3:22:37 GMT -5
"...yes?"
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Post by Teja on Sept 20, 2015 3:23:46 GMT -5
"...badly for him, he's...sincere, really," she said unhappily. "The guilt is the worst part."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 20, 2015 3:26:37 GMT -5
"But you still fear what might happen if you go back," Loki said cautiously.
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Post by Teja on Sept 20, 2015 3:38:14 GMT -5
"...yes," she admitted, avoiding his eyes. "I could love him."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 20, 2015 21:08:24 GMT -5
Loki stared into space for a little while after this.
"Love him,' he repeated.
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Post by Teja on Sept 20, 2015 21:33:58 GMT -5
"I wouldn't expect you to understand-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 21, 2015 2:40:19 GMT -5
But then again, he did. Hadn't Teja loved him the most at his most vulnerably monstrous? He thought of Krolock prostrating himself before Teja in devotion, his old bones creaking and his teeth gleaming, and it was all too easy to envision her soft heart melting for Krolock the way it once had for him.
"...oh, darling," he said, wiping her tears with his thumb. "My little sparrow, my princess..."
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Post by Teja on Sept 21, 2015 3:33:56 GMT -5
"Stop it, that makes me feel worse-"
She put her arms around him and lay her head down wearily.
"He's so pathetic, Loki," she said in the same small voice. "I think he does....love me, and it makes it worse. He was so happy."
She sounded as far from it as could be. "Happier," she echoed, "than he had been in centuries. I didn't ask to be loved," she said, her voice growing muddled as she pressed her face against his chest. "Ohh, this is too much and he's going to be so upset, he's going to be so mad at me for this -"
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