"I couldn't swear to it that I'm a good parent," he says wryly. "But I do my best."
Loki has a number of friends in the Nexus, some very close, but a socially isolated childhood (Thor's friends let him play with them, but they were Thor's friends nonetheless), and multiple traumatic events in the last few years have left a mark. He's always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for the people who call him a friend now to realize what he really is. Thinking of relationships as practical, quid-pro-quo alliances makes them feel safer. If they weren't talking about his children, he might flounder a bit at this point. But they are.
"Peace in the Nexus, inasmuch as it can be achieved, is important to me while my children are young and vulnerable. Any alliance I can make and any goodwill I can earn puts them in a safer position. And myself, as well."
"I keep an eye on things, as much as I can, and if a potential danger appears on my radar, it will not be ignored."
Unfortunately, how he got the kids is a bit of a downer story. He takes a breath. "There is an alternate of my brother Thor here, with whom I have become very close. In his world, as happened in mine, Asgard was destroyed by a cataclysm. A necessary loss, but a heavy one."
"The remaining living Asgardians were placed on a ship, hoping to travel to Earth for asylum. The ship did not make it there. They were attacked by...that would be too long a story. A very cruel enemy, whose like I hope does not exist in your universe."
"Thor was able to evacuate a few hundred refugees from the failing ship into the Nexus. Most were children. When they came through, I was here to catch and house them, with the help of some friends. I kept a handful of the worst-traumatized in my own home to give them the extra attention they needed, and four of those have remained with me, since they are without other living family."
"The rest of Asgard's refugees are settled in Norway, now, with Thor, and some of the adults did escape the destruction of the ship via escape pods. A few of the other refugees live near Prometheus, in the Nexus itself, and I check on them frequently, but my four are...special, because they're mine."
"The oldest is Agnarr; he communicates primarily through sign-language as he is unable to speak. He's become very skilled in tracking and hunting in the wilds--though he hunts his quarry with a camera right now, as we don't need to kill our own food. Una is the younger girl, and she's a small warrior. Extremely outgoing and a bit wild. And Sigrid and Eindrid are blood-siblings. Sigrid is the elder, and she's interested in theater and performance. She's been practicing poetry readings, of late. Eindrid is the baby, and he loves the ocean."
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Loki has a number of friends in the Nexus, some very close, but a socially isolated childhood (Thor's friends let him play with them, but they were Thor's friends nonetheless), and multiple traumatic events in the last few years have left a mark. He's always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for the people who call him a friend now to realize what he really is. Thinking of relationships as practical, quid-pro-quo alliances makes them feel safer. If they weren't talking about his children, he might flounder a bit at this point. But they are.
"Peace in the Nexus, inasmuch as it can be achieved, is important to me while my children are young and vulnerable. Any alliance I can make and any goodwill I can earn puts them in a safer position. And myself, as well."
"I keep an eye on things, as much as I can, and if a potential danger appears on my radar, it will not be ignored."
Unfortunately, how he got the kids is a bit of a downer story. He takes a breath. "There is an alternate of my brother Thor here, with whom I have become very close. In his world, as happened in mine, Asgard was destroyed by a cataclysm. A necessary loss, but a heavy one."
"The remaining living Asgardians were placed on a ship, hoping to travel to Earth for asylum. The ship did not make it there. They were attacked by...that would be too long a story. A very cruel enemy, whose like I hope does not exist in your universe."
"Thor was able to evacuate a few hundred refugees from the failing ship into the Nexus. Most were children. When they came through, I was here to catch and house them, with the help of some friends. I kept a handful of the worst-traumatized in my own home to give them the extra attention they needed, and four of those have remained with me, since they are without other living family."
"The rest of Asgard's refugees are settled in Norway, now, with Thor, and some of the adults did escape the destruction of the ship via escape pods. A few of the other refugees live near Prometheus, in the Nexus itself, and I check on them frequently, but my four are...special, because they're mine."
"The oldest is Agnarr; he communicates primarily through sign-language as he is unable to speak. He's become very skilled in tracking and hunting in the wilds--though he hunts his quarry with a camera right now, as we don't need to kill our own food. Una is the younger girl, and she's a small warrior. Extremely outgoing and a bit wild. And Sigrid and Eindrid are blood-siblings. Sigrid is the elder, and she's interested in theater and performance. She's been practicing poetry readings, of late. Eindrid is the baby, and he loves the ocean."