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Post by Teja on Nov 25, 2017 18:07:53 GMT -5
"You might do that either way."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 25, 2017 19:57:54 GMT -5
"He forgets things now. He's growing feeble. I could spend time with him, but I wouldn't have any chance to learn who he was, what I missed."
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Post by Teja on Nov 25, 2017 21:17:04 GMT -5
"So you could just leave him alone to die, never connecting with you before he passes on," she said blithely.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 26, 2017 17:38:15 GMT -5
"You're merciless, you know that? Honestly-"
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Post by Teja on Nov 26, 2017 18:07:57 GMT -5
"I'm trying to put this into perspective for you."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 26, 2017 18:29:22 GMT -5
"I know, but-"
He sighed.
"Honestly, I'm still trying to adjust to him having this kind of personal interest in me at all. Even when he nearly went to war over me, it always felt as though it were because it was an act of aggression against the throne, nothing to do with me. I was- well, let's not mince words here. I was the spare."
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Post by Teja on Nov 26, 2017 18:32:56 GMT -5
"It doesn't sound like you were the spare," she said, choosing her words carefully.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 26, 2017 18:39:56 GMT -5
"The unexpected bonus, then."
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Post by Teja on Nov 26, 2017 18:53:55 GMT -5
"I mean, he never tried to make you acquire your brother's talents. He let you pursue your own path. I think he meant you to be a... complement to Thor."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 26, 2017 19:28:33 GMT -5
"Well," Loki said, "if that's what he meant, he carried it out by leaving me to be Mother's project."
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Post by Teja on Nov 26, 2017 19:33:23 GMT -5
"Was that really so bad? You love your mother. Wouldn't you rather have been raised by her anyway?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 26, 2017 19:37:21 GMT -5
"Frankly, I was," he said flatly.
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Post by Teja on Nov 26, 2017 19:41:20 GMT -5
"I know. I mean - aren't you better off this way?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Nov 28, 2017 18:14:27 GMT -5
"...I don't know," he said softly. "I mean- well. Mistakes were made-"
He waved a hand to indicate himself.
"-but if the other Loki was correct, I was sort of screwed out of the gate. Maybe I'm not now, but it sort of seems as though I was never meant to turn out well."
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Post by Teja on Nov 28, 2017 18:16:03 GMT -5
She rubbed her hand on his chest.
"I think you turned out well," she said in a sad muzzy voice, and lay her head on him.
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