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[rebuildyourruins]

[Terrible.]

It was like that for me. I didn't recall the Fleet while I was gone-- [He says that even though he knows he technically wasn't 'gone'.] --so it was a bit confusing when I woke up again.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Quietly and carefully. ]

It . . . sounds as if the Fleet operates in the Void. Where time and space means little.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor gives Loki a sharp look, the conversation having turned in a direction he wasn't expecting. He doesn't need to ask what the Void is - he had seen Loki fall into it, and thought his brother had met his end there. Afterwards, too much had happened for it to really cross his mind again, until now.]

-- that place. [Thor starts to say something else, only to change his mind.] But that would mean it crosses whole universes.

[dothelokimotion]

It could.

[ Loki gives a careless shrug, not meeting Thor's eyes. ]

Time. Space. None of it has meaning. Years can pass there in a blink of an eye.

[rebuildyourruins]

It has meaning. It just fails to make sense.

[He's talking about the here and the now, for the most part. The idea of being in the Void is ... unsettling.]

How could we even be certain?

[dothelokimotion]

You can't. That's not how it works.

[ A beat passes as Loki lets it go. ]

But it is unlikely that we are located there. Just that it holds similar characteristics.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor grunts, not surprised. He almost doesn't bother trying to work out the mechanics of this place. It's not the most important thing in the world.]

We already know there is more than one universe at play here. More than one reality as well. There are different versions of our own world I've heard spoken of.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki waves a hand. ]

That's hardly news.

[rebuildyourruins]

They don't usually run around in our own.

[I mean. As far as they know.]

[dothelokimotion]

I suppose not. But it hardly merits a mention unless there are some direct consequences involved.

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor just hums, tipping his head back to look at the ceiling.]

I don't believe I know anyone on this ship.

[dothelokimotion]

[ His lips curve. ]

That is what most would call "good fortune". There's no need to deal with what-ifs and other untenable possibilities.

[rebuildyourruins]

I meant literally, you realise.

[No need to get philosophical about it.]

You'll hear about other realities soon enough, if anyone wants to speak about them. I don't pay them much heed.

[dothelokimotion]

So did I.

[ Loki shrugs. ]

I doubt they'll tell me anything new.

[ It'll probably be like "oh Loki did this evil thing" or "Loki broke that". ]

[rebuildyourruins]

Then is there anything else you would ask about the Fleet?

[dothelokimotion]

Not particularly. Is there something else I should know?

[rebuildyourruins]

I'm on the Blue Fish. There's a larger ship known as the Iskaulit that no one lives on, but gets used for other things.

Otherwise, I am sure you'll learn plenty soon enough.

[dothelokimotion]

[ His nose wrinkles. ]

And I suppose I need to bond with my shipmates.

[rebuildyourruins]

Great idea - you should get started right away.

[dothelokimotion]

It is a terrible idea!

[rebuildyourruins]

[With a thoroughly cheerful air:]

But you brought it up, so you must think it has some merit.

[dothelokimotion]

I'm not doing it. Merit or not.

[ He's not interested. ]

[rebuildyourruins]

[Thor just laughs at the knots Loki manages to make for himself. He has no doubt Loki will end up having to interact with them anyway, and no inclination to push him into it. Time will tell on its own.]

Well, it's up to you. [He pushes away from the bench and heads for the door.] Get settled in.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki gives him a dirty look as if he's fully aware of the train of Thor's current thought process. ]

And then what?

[rebuildyourruins]

Then contend with the boredom that is travelling between the systems.

[He's not going to write Loki a roadmap. Some things you just need to figure out on your own.]