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May 23, 2016 18:03:45 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 18:03:45 GMT -5
"No," said Thor moodily. "The greater fault between us has always been father's."
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May 23, 2016 18:21:14 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 18:21:14 GMT -5
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May 23, 2016 18:39:34 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 18:39:34 GMT -5
"It was his preference that moved you to hate me so - er. I hope."
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May 23, 2016 18:45:39 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 18:45:39 GMT -5
"It wasn't preference. I know that now. You just served a more immediate purpose."
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May 23, 2016 18:54:17 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 18:54:17 GMT -5
"His purpose, then."
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May 23, 2016 18:58:25 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 18:58:25 GMT -5
"Which he has now reassigned to me," Loki said bitterly.
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May 23, 2016 19:02:38 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 19:02:38 GMT -5
Thor reached out the hand that wasn't holding a coffee cup and pat Loki upon the shoulder.
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May 23, 2016 19:07:56 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 19:07:56 GMT -5
"To Hoder and Balder," Loki said, raising his cup. "May they be safe from Father's wretched interference."
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May 23, 2016 19:10:43 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 19:10:43 GMT -5
Thor, chin still tucked over the back of the chair, looking very similar to a dog with his head on the armrest, lifted his coffee mug high in the air. As ironic or sarcastic as Loki often was, given that toasts were common in their culture, there was a practiced fluidity to their toast, incongruous with their clothing. Thor himself wore denim and a denim jacket, over a deep red shirt and a blue plaid flannel.
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May 23, 2016 19:15:20 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 19:15:20 GMT -5
Loki drank, looking even more bitter than before.
"At least they'll never grow up believing they'll have to triumph over one another, hmmm? Once I go and find myself an heir under a rock somewhere, they'll be safely out of the running."
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May 23, 2016 19:17:43 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 19:17:43 GMT -5
"Would that there need be no heir at all," said Thor darkly. He wasn't really thinking through the implications of what he said, merely brooding upon the dissolution of his relationship with his father after he had abdicated.
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May 23, 2016 19:20:36 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 19:20:36 GMT -5
"Well," Loki muttered, "thanks to Father, I can hardly beget one in the usual way without tossing multiple skeletons out of the family closet. Can you imagine the shame it would inflict on Mother? You would think he might have considered that, at least-"
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May 23, 2016 19:32:53 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 19:32:53 GMT -5
"He has never considered her desires, and she has sworn her desires are that of the realm. I suppose he does not consider his own desires his own either. To father he must always be king first. The father of all, before he is our father. Or her husband."
It had taken Thor a long time to get to this point, but he believed it to be so, from statements his mother had made - intending them positively, no less.
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May 23, 2016 19:50:17 GMT -5
Post by Loki Odinsson on May 23, 2016 19:50:17 GMT -5
"I will be father and husband to no one," Loki said dully.
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May 23, 2016 20:05:40 GMT -5
Post by Thor on May 23, 2016 20:05:40 GMT -5
Thor drained half of his cup. "What has happened?"
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