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[ladyofasgard]

I may not have given birth to Loki, but that doesn't make him any less my son. From the moment Odin put him in my arms, I knew he was going to be different. Loki was always a sensitive boy, but I never expected him to react in this manner.

The only thing I wish is that my children be happy and healthy. All this fighting and turmoil in our family....I hope it ends soon. I want us to be a family once more.

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[sonsomnia]

[By his beard, how did Odin manage such a wonderful, amazing wife?]

It will take effort from all of us, my lady, to insure such a thing.

[ladyofasgard]

[He's one lucky god, that's for sure]

If only he would come home.... It isn't the same around the palace without him and his little tricks.

[worldserpent]

[ oh hey she knows who you're supposed to be. ]

That.. version of Father.. is damaged.

[sonsomnia]

[He lives and breathes that very fact.]

It will never be the same, I believe, even if he were to come home. He has changed. Thor has changed. Perhaps we all have.

[bloodbrothers]

Do you truly believe this is a matter of over-sensitivity? I hazard to say that is an over-simplification of the situation. [ He cuts his words short, the instinct to call her Mother still rings in his head. ]

[ladyofasgard]

Thor has become everything we hoped he would and Loki has fallen into darkness.

[It seemed with every good fortune there came a dark twist that neither of them with all their grace and powers could predict]

Perhaps we should have told Loki of his heritage sooner....but we kept putting it off and hiding it.

[ladyofasgard]

[And she knows who you're supposed to be]

Not damaged, just....lost to the darkness within himself.

[ladyofasgard]

I wouldn't say that's the root of the problem, I was merely referring to your childhood.

[Loki. Her Loki. It was so good to see him, but she had to keep her poise. Even if she wanted to sweep him into her arms and banish the darkness that had overtaken him]

[worldserpent]

Not all.. his own darknessss. Asgard had its hand.. in his fall.

[sonsomnia]

[Hmm. Something to contemplate. It seems they've been doing a lot of that lately, doesn't it?]

Thor has become who he is, and Loki the same. They are grown now, and beyond the scope of what we would want them to be. It is their actions and thoughts that shape them now, not anything we could say or do.

It was [Even saying it is difficult] a mistake. It was my mistake, not yours.

[ladyofasgard]

Yes, his father and I have made our mistakes. I'll freely admit to that.

[ladyofasgard]

[It wasn't so simple for her to let go. To her, Thor and Loki would forever remain their rambunctious children, scampering about the halls and play-fighting]

They'll always be my boys. I can't smother my instinct to wipe away all their hurts.

[It was a mistake they had both made. Frigga had kept her silence just as well as he had]

It was a mistake we both made, love.

[worldserpent]

[ a nervous shift from foot-to-foot. ]

Don't-- hurt him again. I will.. I.. will.. protect any version.. of Father.

[ladyofasgard]

We never meant to hurt him to begin with, child. We only sought to protect him, but hiding the truth only made things worse.

[sonsomnia]

[With their red and green baby booties, oh yes. He remembers it very well.]

It is a hope of mine, for both of them, that they realize how amazing their mother is, and how much she loves them.

[ladyofasgard]

[Frigga had always been the softer of the two when it came to dealing with Thor and Loki. Odin had to be the stern father figure after all]

Loki will see sense soon enough. He will come home to the both of us.

[Ah, but now her concern shifts to him]

How are you feeling today, husband?

[worldserpent]

[ a firm nod. she's not overly fond of asgard in general or odin in specific-- obviously, given what was done to she and her siblings. ]

.. May.. be too late.

[ladyofasgard]

[Frigga still didn't agree with Odin's decision to bind and scatter Loki's children]

If there's one thing I've learned in my long years it's that it's never too late.

[worldserpent]

Optimisssstic.

[ladyofasgard]

I suppose you could call it that. I prefer the term 'hopeful'.

[bloodbrothers]

I know not if we could be a family once more. [ He frowns, as if he is unsure of his own words-- or perhaps saying them to her. Frigga has always been different than the rest, he has not forgotten even if he has twisted all else. ]

Or if we ever were.

[courtedwar]

That is my wish also, mother. I will do everything in my power to bring him home.

[lifes_short_pop]

"Families...when family breaks, it sometimes doesn't heal. And sometimes it takes a big shock to make any kind of progress. My father and I...Well, it hasn't been easy sometimes."

[ladyofasgard]

[A mother's love knows no boundaries. Not even for the child of their greatest enemy. Loki had always been hers, from the very day Odin had presented him to her]

Of course we were a family. Don't you remember play-fighting with your brother? The two of you playing games in the halls. Odin telling you war stories even after I'd told him to stop repeating those same stories.

[ladyofasgard]

We rely on you to make him see the error of his ways, son.