Re: Creeping Ice 3a/?
anonymous
August 19 2012, 15:34:49 UTC
So Loki learnt to be second. Quietly.
When Thor was released from the Healing Wing Loki was the first to see him and when Sif said that Loki clearly was a coward and hadn't touched the Casket Loki just smiled and told her that perhaps he was a coward (after all are not Jotun cowardly?) but that none here were as brave as his brother after all.
She hadn't quite been happy with that but like Loki she knew the importance of Thor's friendship and didn't argue.
Loki sparred with Thor in his room while he was banned from the training guards. It didn't exactly reduce the punishment for Loki was no true trainer nor was he inclined to fight as hard as Thor's friends would. Still, Loki was sure their Father wished Thor to be a fine warrior and while he queried whether it was indeed a good idea for a Jotun to take up arms the Allfather had been the one to arrange Loki's training so it seemed he was meant to learnt. A little more practice then would not harm either of them.
Especially not Loki was yet to excel at anything except throwing knives. This might partially be due to his dislike of battle and it's dirt but secretly Loki was actually a little proud of both his dislike and failure at violence. No true Jotun would feel so. Still, his weapons training went better at least to the extent that Tyr seemed to criticise Loki less when he simply accepted any criticism as if it was his due.
When he wasn't with Thor Loki gave up trying to make friends. Perhaps Loki wasn't quite as useful with less friends in the court but he had yet to be taken aside and told to make any by his Father so he thought it was rather unfair to try an force them to befriend a Jotun or tolerate ones presence.
His Mother had asked him if he was happy with so few playmates. Loki had thought it was nice of her to ask. Still it wasn't as if Loki really enjoyed many of their games and he did enjoy reading uninterrupted so he had been able to truthfully enough say that he didn't mind.
After all Loki knew his duty.
Mother had looked a little upset then and he wondered if perhaps he was failing to be A Proper Aesir again and resolved to try not to alienate Thor's closest friends at least but she changed the conversation to what he had learnt in his studies recently and seemed happy enough with that.
He did feel a little bad, calling them Father and Mother and Brother, but they had told him to so Loki decided that it was alright to continue doing so.
When Thor was released from the Healing Wing Loki was the first to see him and when Sif said that Loki clearly was a coward and hadn't touched the Casket Loki just smiled and told her that perhaps he was a coward (after all are not Jotun cowardly?) but that none here were as brave as his brother after all.
She hadn't quite been happy with that but like Loki she knew the importance of Thor's friendship and didn't argue.
Loki sparred with Thor in his room while he was banned from the training guards. It didn't exactly reduce the punishment for Loki was no true trainer nor was he inclined to fight as hard as Thor's friends would. Still, Loki was sure their Father wished Thor to be a fine warrior and while he queried whether it was indeed a good idea for a Jotun to take up arms the Allfather had been the one to arrange Loki's training so it seemed he was meant to learnt. A little more practice then would not harm either of them.
Especially not Loki was yet to excel at anything except throwing knives. This might partially be due to his dislike of battle and it's dirt but secretly Loki was actually a little proud of both his dislike and failure at violence. No true Jotun would feel so. Still, his weapons training went better at least to the extent that Tyr seemed to criticise Loki less when he simply accepted any criticism as if it was his due.
When he wasn't with Thor Loki gave up trying to make friends. Perhaps Loki wasn't quite as useful with less friends in the court but he had yet to be taken aside and told to make any by his Father so he thought it was rather unfair to try an force them to befriend a Jotun or tolerate ones presence.
His Mother had asked him if he was happy with so few playmates. Loki had thought it was nice of her to ask. Still it wasn't as if Loki really enjoyed many of their games and he did enjoy reading uninterrupted so he had been able to truthfully enough say that he didn't mind.
After all Loki knew his duty.
Mother had looked a little upset then and he wondered if perhaps he was failing to be A Proper Aesir again and resolved to try not to alienate Thor's closest friends at least but she changed the conversation to what he had learnt in his studies recently and seemed happy enough with that.
He did feel a little bad, calling them Father and Mother and Brother, but they had told him to so Loki decided that it was alright to continue doing so.
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