abit_ofboth: (facepalm)
Loki ([personal profile] abit_ofboth) wrote in [community profile] newcomb 2024-06-26 07:53 pm (UTC)

Gansey, of course, is right. Loki is just feeling like being an asshole. Mostly because he doesn’t understand why the other man stopped in the first place and really doesn’t understand why he’s still trying, even with Loki being such a prat. He shrugs in response, looking back out over the pond again. It doesn’t really matter what he’s said, or asked or whatever, he’s just out to annoy, even if deep down he craves some company.

There’s a brief moment where Loki’s mask drops completely and he gives Gansey a confused look. He’d wanted him to believe he was being sarcastic, but that clearly hasn’t worked. Just who was this guy? Gansey might not say exactly what he’s thinking, but what he does say tells Loki enough, and that’s that he needs to work on his mask. No one save Frigga should be able to read him this easily.

“Mostly it comes by birth. If you are born to gods, then you are one. But also, Odin, King of the Realms may imbue someone with godhood.” And if it sounds like he spits Odin’s name from his mouth like he’s tasted something bad, well that’s a pretty accurate take on it.

Finally, something he can easily agree with. He’s been trying to fit himself into boxes his whole life and look where it’s gotten him? No family, no friends, no respect. Hel, he shouldn’t even be alive technically, and now he’s stuck here in some school when he should be off trying to save Asgard from Thor’s reckless stupidity. Not that he could. It was made astoundingly clear what Odin thought just prior to his arrival on the train here. “That is the most sensible thing you have said so far. I’m afraid such categories do far more harm than good.” And that might be the most honest thing Loki has said since this conversation began.

The stone very well might work for Loki, but he hardly believes it’s anything that is meant for him, so why bother trying and being disappointed? “I wouldn’t even know where to begin,” he mutters to himself though he still closes his hand around the stone again. He can’t imagine bothering to find who should have the stone, but more than that, it feels like a real gift so perhaps he will keep it, even if he never tries to use it.

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