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[ There's a brief beat of nothing before the image focuses on a goat with really big horns that appears to be...eating rubble. It is, in fact, taking large bites out of rocks and chewing it slowly as it stares at the camera (or the person holding the magitech) balefully.

and then the camera switches to Loki, though the goat is still visible in the background. It really is a very, very large goat. like, bear-sized goat. ]

Yes, good job, congratulations, and well done to all of us, I'm sure. And as our efforts to rebuild continue, I would like to point out that someone seems to have misplaced their, ah, pet. If this one is anything at all like the ones I was once familiar with, I would caution any and all who might come across it to take care.

[ As he speaks, the goat has wandered over, and is now trying to take a bite out of Loki's hair. ]

By the Nine.

[ Loki shoves it away, and the goat glares at him again, Loki glaring right back, before it belches out a small plume of fire. Luckily, there's nothing flammable in the immediate vicinity and it goes back to chewing grumpily on more stones. ]

Thor. Odinson. Come retrieve this ridiculous creature before I rend its flesh from its bones and enjoy it for dinner.

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Maybe you use too much product.

[ maybe the goat is doing him a favor.]

Perhaps. And perhaps the goat simply doesn't like me. Pity, that.

If he doesn't like you, it's because he knows you don't like him.

[ animals tend to pick that up, before they learn anything else about a person.]

[ That makes him laugh, which makes the goat look up momentarily before it goes back to eating rubble. ]

It would be quite accurate in that assessment, at least.

[ see, things between them could be better.]

And you don't like him because...?

[ feel free to fill in the blank.]

I'm not particularly a fan of creatures that smell this bad, might set the whole place on fire, and would cheerfully eat the whole castle if it could.

You don't get along with many of your teammates, do you?

[ do you know how many people fall into that category on a bad day, Loki?]

--Suddenly, I find myself a lot more interested than I had been.

If you think the goat is the ruination of this place, how do you feel about the rest of us?

The ruination of this place? My, but you attribute far more emotion to my words than I had meant. [ He pauses, then goes on. ] And I had not thought to compare you to a goat. Should I?

No.

[ and then, honestly - ]

I think my spirit animal is probably a wolf. Sunny's hanging around here somewhere.

[ she doesn't think he's seriously about to murder a goat or strike up an angry mob, but his annoyance is amusing when there's not a lot of amusement to go around.]

Wolves are lovely. And, ah, who is Sunny? Your wolf? I was under the impression that "spirit animals" [ airquotes included ] were metaphorical representations of oneself. How is it yours has found corporeal form?

Sunny is a wolf. If those were real, I think mine would be like her.

[ and at this point, the nonbeliever isn't going to knock the possibility of metaphorical representations of a person coming to life. she's seen too much.]

But she's, well - she does what she wants, I can't call her mine. She's my friend, though.

[ rough around the edges, dives headfirst into trouble, but loyal. always loyal.]

[ look he loves wolves okay they're sleek and elegant and not smelly like gross giant goats that belong to thor!!! ]

How lovely. Wolves are quite loyal, aren't they? You must have done something extraordinary to have gained the friendship of one.

[ they're sleek and elegant and sometimes smelly and that's the truth of it!]

I had an in. A human who's as extraordinary as the pack of them.

[ an extremely little pack, but a back nonetheless.]

Have you ever had a wolf?

I've not had the luxury, though I had known a few, once.

Well don't leave me in suspense. What's the story?

[ IDK INSERT SOME STORY ABOUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND STUPID and it involves wolves and forests and some mild adventuring because Thor Is An Idiot though he sounds somewhat fondly exasperated as he tells it LOOK MCU DOESN'T GIVE ME VERY MUCH TO WORK WITH HERE ]

[LOKI YOU ARE CUTE IN ALL THE WAYS WE IMAGINE YOU'D RATHER NOT BE.]

So basically, you always give your brother a hard time.

[ that was the takeaway right?]

[ CLOSE ENOUGH ]

Only when he deserves it, of course. ...And he so often does.

He's your brother, it's your job to say that.

[not that she'd know. what are siblings?]

[ well now everything is kind of bittersweet why this ]

He's ridiculous, is what he is.

I don't know if you've noticed, but the two of you are evenly matched in that respect.

[ you're a pair, Loki. embrace it.]

I like to think I have much more sense than he does.

That usually doesn't get you as far as you'd think.

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