Which left just…
“Hello, girl child.”
Loki.
“You haven’t been by lately. I thought you had gone to some other realm,” Linnea said from within her bundle of blankets.
“So you might wish, but I am responsible for you too.”
“Is that a fact?” Linnea asked. “I can’t remember you ever being helpful.”
“Please. Who do you think you got that sharp tongue from? Skadhi?”
“What good is a sharp tongue?”
“Flaying your enemies,” Loki said with a wide smile.
“Alas, I’m fresh out of those.”
“You’re young yet,” Loki said. “Have you figured all this out yet?” he asked, pointing with a swinging foot at the generator.
“I fixed it, if that’s what you mean.”
“Not what I meant,” Loki said, dropping weightlessly to slouch beside her on the shuttle seat. “You’re tall. Nearly grown, I should think.”
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