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Still wheezing, she pointed out, “It’s a /bell/, not a multidimensional gps signal. You could try asking him to stay … or,” she flicked a glance up at Tony from under her lashes, “persuade him to.”

“He’s Loki,” Tony pointed out dryly.  “Asking him to do something is sort of a mixed bag.  And I’ve tried the persuasion route.  Many times.  Pretty much every time he walked into a room, really.”  He folded his arms and shrugged.  “He’ll come back eventually; he always does.”

Flopping over onto her back, she frowned up at him. “I wonder what it is that he wanders off /for/. It’s like he just comes back to touch base and then he’s off again. What is he /doing/?”