Perhaps not, but that hardly means we need not work in complement. It would suit us to experiment, I think.
[It would suit Loki, certainly, to learn more about her. To assess how threatening she might be to him. To augment his own power, if possible. And more than that: on some level he finds her curious. He, irredeemable, who finds hope in his own hopelessness, embraces his own monstrousness as surely as it repels some part of him still... and her. She knows his name and guesses his nature, that much he can tell, and yet she does not act on that suspicion. That knowledge; she speaks from experience, of a sort. It makes her useful. He offers a sad smile.]
I have discovered a notable absence too. Perhaps we could both use a distraction.
[Nevermind that Thor's 'notable absence' is more relief than burden. Let her read what she will in the implications.]
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Perhaps not, but that hardly means we need not work in complement. It would suit us to experiment, I think.
[It would suit Loki, certainly, to learn more about her. To assess how threatening she might be to him. To augment his own power, if possible. And more than that: on some level he finds her curious. He, irredeemable, who finds hope in his own hopelessness, embraces his own monstrousness as surely as it repels some part of him still... and her. She knows his name and guesses his nature, that much he can tell, and yet she does not act on that suspicion. That knowledge; she speaks from experience, of a sort. It makes her useful. He offers a sad smile.]
I have discovered a notable absence too. Perhaps we could both use a distraction.
[Nevermind that Thor's 'notable absence' is more relief than burden. Let her read what she will in the implications.]