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[dothelokimotion]

. . . No.

[ loki exhales quietly. ]

But none of us were.

[assemble_the_lovbacken]

We've had much to learn, and .. I think it is safe to say that we've at lest made progress.

I'm proud of us. [There was no Frigga, no Odin to share their delight in how far their sons had come. Thor would feel it for all of them instead.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he blinks. ]

You are?

[assemble_the_lovbacken]

You're not?

I just held you in my arms as you cried. I struggle to remember another time we've done so. Perhaps once when we were quite small.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki immediately looks like he wants to take back everything he's done in the last couple of minutes. he picks at the skin on his palms. ]

I'm not sure yet.

[assemble_the_lovbacken]

I think you will be, in time. It's all very new—this. [He gestures to the both of them with a ping-ponging hand.] But I thank you, Brother, for your honesty.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki sighs. ]

I suppose it is the least I could do.