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[dothelokimotion]

What kind of stories did you grow up with?

What kind of myths and fairy tales were you told?

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[dothelokimotion]

What changed?

[deathkid]

i grew up

[ his sister died and he blamed the boy he fell in love with. the boy he'd expected to protect her, which had been unfair when the lives of demigods are always dangerous and full of peril. ]

[dothelokimotion]

Is that what it is?

[deathkid]

[ sorry, loki, but he's not going to go over what he's been through with you. ]

pretty much.
besides, i didn't have enough time for it
there were wars to fight and stuff

[dothelokimotion]

How exciting.

[ If it wasn't text, Loki's tone would be anything but. ]

So you grew up because it is something you had to do.

[deathkid]

that pretty much covers it.

[dothelokimotion]

Isn't it convenient when it does?

[deathkid]

yes it is
so why are you asking about myths

[dothelokimotion]

Why not? I do have a vested interest in them.

[deathkid]

because of who you are?

[dothelokimotion]

In a manner of speaking. I have no interest in dispelling my own stories, no matter what form they take.

[deathkid]

i admit, i'm not as familiar
with the norse stories.
i know that the pantheon exists in my world
but that's about it.

oh, and what the other loki has told me.

[dothelokimotion]

Neither am I. Some I am aware of, but the Norsemen spun their own webs and I will not take it from them.

And what my other self says is not the same for myself either.

[deathkid]

yeah, people tell stories about the greek gods
and some of them are right and some are very wrong
but it's better to not dispel those ideas.

you two are different. i get that.

[dothelokimotion]

[ The skin beneath his palm itches. ]

I believe that is easy to tell simply from looking at us.

[deathkid]

there is that, yes.

[dothelokimotion]

Then what is there to "get", pray tell.

[deathkid]

you share some things in common
because you're both loki
but you're also different because you're your own
individual selves.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Some of the sourness dissolves on his tongue. ]

Perhaps. He will go further than I and I do not begrudge him that.

[deathkid]

further where?

[dothelokimotion]

Into a new story.

[deathkid]

what makes you think that you won't?

it doesn't have to be the same as his
why can't you make your own story?

[dothelokimotion]

Call it a hunch.

[deathkid]

you're making your own story right now.
not even the gods can know when their own stories will end.

[dothelokimotion]

I know my story. And I know what end it will have. Having illusions over my own story is not charity or helpful.