Possible update to a just pre-Avengers canonpoint.

[sorcerous]

Would you fear me?

The tesseract asunder, the very real, the ether swelling with power. When I return, the Scepter will be in my hand, and I will tear that kingdom to pieces, rend it and grind it between my teeth, let the thorns sweep that damnable village --

...well, I may spare the boy, as he is just a pup.

...and the girl, I have told her I will teach her, and she is a dark little thing.

And I suppose I have done enough to the little Stark princess.

Sif? -- You go too far. I will not be cowed by you. I will spare none of them, and it is thanks to your insolence. What else can I do, when I have come from the dark? It is within me, now. It sticks as tar does, and it is cold as the void between the stars. I cannot live in the light, and thus the light must be destroyed.

I have an army. I will it, and they have it done.

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[isinganyway]

Have you done enough, my prince? How good of you to say so.

[sorcerous]

You walked by my side. You climbed the stairs to the tower. I held no knife to your throat, girl.

[isinganyway]

Not all knives are forged of steel.

[hotforahobo]

Loki.

[sorcerous]

And the way you followed me, one would think your heart was made of glass.

[sorcerous]

Think you to pursue me?

[hotforahobo]

If it will stop your madness, brother.

[sorcerous]

You cannot follow me here. I could choke a child's life away with my own hands, and you would watch through unbreakable walls.

[hotforahobo]

That realm is not Midgard. Why give them cause to suffer?

[sorcerous]

I am not meant for Midgard.

[sonofasgard]

Does your malice truly know no bounds?

[sorcerous]

Perhaps it does.

Shall we try to find them, brother?

[hotforahobo]

Why make them suffer? What have they done to you?

[sorcerous]

It is enough that they draw breath, and bow to one not me.

[sonofasgard]

Do not tempt me!

For all the deeds done, Loki; you are still my brother.

[sorcerous]

I am not in my blood, and I am not in my heart.

[ A smooth liar, he is. ]

What else might there be?

[lord_of_terror]

A better initial question would be 'what do you fear?'

[sonofasgard]

You may not be by brother by blood, but do you truly see yourself as my enemy?

[ So cruel, Loki. So cruel... ]

Loki, I see no need for such folly to persist even in lands not our own.

[hotforahobo]

When they bow to you, brother, what then?

[sorcerous]

You have made me your enemy. You crafted every bit of me with your meticulous ignorance. No matter how bright you shine, brother, every light casts a shadow, and the brighter, the deeper.

And more besides -- this land could be mine, if I could defeat the forces that battle within it.

[sorcerous]

Then, you will stop at nothing. Then, you will come.

[uncompromise]

[Yeah, okay, this isn't his fight, but he's still going to be over here. Glaring.]

[sorcerous]

Butterflies. Fire. And ungainly women.

[sorcerous]

Hawk... of course you would come.

Closer, now. How do you fare, now that your heart has been ripped from you? How are your scars? -- Are these finally deep enough to destroy you?

[uncompromise]

[No verbal response. Just the almost lazy motion of an arrow being pulled back. There's a long silence, and when Clint speaks, he sounds more than a little angry.]

You tell me. Does it look like I'm dancing to that tune? 'Cause I'm not.