{"id":35660,"date":"2012-07-26T05:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T05:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/26\/drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-15\/"},"modified":"2012-07-26T05:23:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T05:23:21","slug":"drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/26\/drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinkin’ with the God of Mischief"},"content":{"rendered":"

the-loki-laufeyson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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the-loki-laufeyson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Amazingly, she laughed. It was a small, bitter kind of laugh, but it was a laugh. \u201cYou would not be the first to say so, and likely not the last, either. You offered your secrets. I\u2019ll dance with danger if that\u2019s what it takes to numb your pain.\u201d Turning around to sit back down (he could see the full knee-length fall of her hair, and nothing else), she added, \u201cOr any other kind of dance you like. If that\u2019s what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou asked me what I run from,\u201d he spoke finally, pausing to take a drink. \u00a0\u201dI run from Thanos. \u00a0He does not want me dead, he wants me tortured\u2026slowly\u2026horribly. \u00a0He caught me once, not very long ago. \u00a0I had a taste of his plans before I escaped. \u00a0I know I would not be so lucky a second time\u2026\u201d his voice was catching and his breath was coming faster, so he stopped to compose himself. \u00a0He would not let his eyes fall on Summer again; she was hardly less intimidating, though in a much different manner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAh.\u201d The syllable was almost inaudible, her eyes wide and unfocused. When Loki fell silent, she blinked, and a few tears rolled down her face. Her fingers flexed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. I\u2019ll carry that. He held your mind, didn\u2019t he.\u201d It wasn\u2019t even a question; her voice was low and harsh, and something sharp edged it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHe did,\u201d Loki muttered simply. \u00a0It was strange, opening up his most vulnerable secrets to a near stranger, and yet she felt very familiar to him. \u00a0He felt lighter in her presence already, like she truly had lifted away his troubles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am most certain now that the mind capable of reaching far greater levels of pain than the body.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Her hands curled into fists, and every trace of pleasure or happiness was wiped from her face. “Such a truth, from the god of lies.” A sharp, short breath, and she relaxed, all over. “Will you … let me look?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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