on revelations and surprises;

[ex_flyting687]

It stings, doesn't it? Knowing that somewhere out there, in a different universe, you contend not just against Thor but a brother who is more kin to him than you will ever be. And it's insult to injury that Thor never knew until now, that he might choose this Odinson over you.

So it seems you're right, mortal woman - my feelings for the Bright One will always be constant and consistent throughout the realms.

What say you now?

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[cait_king]

*here, Loki. Have a cat staring at you.

The whole thing about competing with your sibling for affection just doesn't merit a comment.*

[ex_flyting687]

[What is his life that a cat gets to judge him???]

Cat.

[cait_king]

*Stare. Lock on the forepaw. Then the tabby tomcat wanders off around a corner, to be replaced by the scent of pennyroyal and musk and, a moment later, but a tall slim man with green eyes with cat-slit pupils and his dark hair slightly varied in color to resemble the coat of the tabby*

More or less.

[ex_flyting687]

Unnecessarily flashy, as well.

[He circles the other and comes around his other side, flickers in a soft green light to change — well.]

What was the point to that?

[cait_king]

One does what one can.

*eyebrow up, small shrug.* She still sometimes wonders about sending me there, so I get the run of this place to help her make up her mind. You were being engrossed by... family matters.

[ex_flyting687]

I had a harsh introduction. It's not everyday one finds out so much that one should have known from the beginning of things.

[An easy roll of shoulders, why not.]

You wish to be on the station?

[cait_king]

Wish? No. Despite somebody I pay attention to being there, I do have actual obligations to attend to.

*polite incline of his head. Barely there* Sometimes, things are hidden. Truth being revealed should be a relief, not a burden.

[ex_flyting687]

And yet the phrase "blissful ignorance" persists. You give unwanted advice, shapeshifter.

What obligations are these that you must attend to?

[cait_king]

You did ask what it was about.

The kind that hardly be delegated, as my heir designate is... not old enough to take over.

[ex_flyting687]

[Everyone is saying the wrong things at the right time lately.]

Then leave the child to flounder, that they might learn to grow up on their own. Why not?

What I meant by asking was the point to being a cat, on the other hand.

[cait_king]

Floundering, in my court, would make his survival highly dubious. There are times when his abilities need to be tested. This is not one of them.

And a cat is what I am.

[ex_flyting687]

You don't look much like a cat, with your hands and two feet. What happened to the tail?

[Loki makes a gesture, as though imitating the cat ears.]

It's a hard education. Do you not trust him to learn?