"The courage to refuse conformity is in some ways its own reward," Loki tells him, and there's something unmistakably approving in his eyes. "But I'm sure it was hard, and still is, and will be."
He could use the Allspeak here, switch to actually speaking the dialect this person would use, but because he already seems surprised to be identified, he refrains.
"I stopped visiting the North so often when Christianity took hold, and perhaps that was a mistake on my part. I didn't want to cause excessive trouble for anyone who remembered me."
He shakes his head. "I'm Loki. In my world of origin, Loki Odinson, of Asgard and of Jotunheim. I'm aware that may not be an entirely welcome name to you, or fit with the stories you may have heard of me, but I promise you that I am here in friendship."
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on 2021-05-01 04:34 pm (UTC)He could use the Allspeak here, switch to actually speaking the dialect this person would use, but because he already seems surprised to be identified, he refrains.
"I stopped visiting the North so often when Christianity took hold, and perhaps that was a mistake on my part. I didn't want to cause excessive trouble for anyone who remembered me."
He shakes his head. "I'm Loki. In my world of origin, Loki Odinson, of Asgard and of Jotunheim. I'm aware that may not be an entirely welcome name to you, or fit with the stories you may have heard of me, but I promise you that I am here in friendship."