"He said--" Thor falls silent for a moment, brow in a knit, trying to remember his brother's choice of words. It's important to do them justice. Even he knows that, and he's never really had to get involved with the elaborate dramas of courtly love, himself. "He said he wished for you and he to see each other as you truly are, and not as shieldmaiden and prince. A little odd, considering you've declared your journey as a shieldmaiden might her mission.
"Odder, considering his Hel-bent ambition for the crown and how that has defined him for the past few years," Thor opens his hands, makes a shrug out of them that doesn't quite channel all the way up to his enormous shoulders. "But perhaps that is the point, for him." Or maybe Loki was just selling him a line, but what's the point of that? Of thinking about it, anyway? If Thor is at all equipped to explore the labyrinthine darkness of Loki's mind, it's not going to be because he's worries about whether or not he's lying in casual conversation.
But that's not to say Thor is in the habit of letting people get away with things without confrontation. "If I disagree, then what?" Thor asks the lady warrior, looking at her expectantly. There's a light in his eye, a twinkle, but he isn't laughing preemptively at her answer; maybe at the idea that she wasn't going to finish that thought. He wants to hear it, clearly, however awkward or painful it might be.
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Date: 2013-06-01 01:32 am (UTC)"Odder, considering his Hel-bent ambition for the crown and how that has defined him for the past few years," Thor opens his hands, makes a shrug out of them that doesn't quite channel all the way up to his enormous shoulders. "But perhaps that is the point, for him." Or maybe Loki was just selling him a line, but what's the point of that? Of thinking about it, anyway? If Thor is at all equipped to explore the labyrinthine darkness of Loki's mind, it's not going to be because he's worries about whether or not he's lying in casual conversation.
But that's not to say Thor is in the habit of letting people get away with things without confrontation. "If I disagree, then what?" Thor asks the lady warrior, looking at her expectantly. There's a light in his eye, a twinkle, but he isn't laughing preemptively at her answer; maybe at the idea that she wasn't going to finish that thought. He wants to hear it, clearly, however awkward or painful it might be.