[ I wasn't running from you, but he knows Steve wouldn't see it that way. And it's not you, it's me doesn't change the way it appeared, the damage caused. but he needs to say something, so a story escapes his lips. ]
Long ago, the Bifrost broke under us. Thor and myself. We hung over the edge.
[ it is a memory that used to be distorted. now it is crystal clear. the howling of the stars around them, the waterfalls that crashed over the edge. thor's distraught face and odin, holding onto his son. ]
I looked at him. Odin. I thought if he understood why I did it, I could come home. I could have another chance. I said . . . [ and his voice is so soft, so young. ] I said I could have done it. For them. For . . . all of us.
[ A long pause. ]
He looked at me. And said two things. No, Loki.
[ no, loki. and he's been haunted by that ever since. when he came to earth, he burned through the denial and anger. the depression followed when he lost his mother, when the rest of his world crumbled after. and now . . . there's only acceptance. odin was right. ]
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Long ago, the Bifrost broke under us. Thor and myself. We hung over the edge.
[ it is a memory that used to be distorted. now it is crystal clear. the howling of the stars around them, the waterfalls that crashed over the edge. thor's distraught face and odin, holding onto his son. ]
I looked at him. Odin. I thought if he understood why I did it, I could come home. I could have another chance. I said . . . [ and his voice is so soft, so young. ] I said I could have done it. For them. For . . . all of us.
[ A long pause. ]
He looked at me. And said two things. No, Loki.
[ no, loki. and he's been haunted by that ever since. when he came to earth, he burned through the denial and anger. the depression followed when he lost his mother, when the rest of his world crumbled after. and now . . . there's only acceptance. odin was right. ]