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[worldsaway]

"Poor timing. Leave your name so I can seek you out in future."

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[lieborn]

It's a hood, stupid.

[ Huffing, he pulls off his circlet and yanks the hood down, revealing a flop of dark hair. Loki marvels, privately, at how much smaller he actually is than Thor like this, squashed into a body that once felt so foreign and now, thanks to the portal, does once again. ]

As you can see, things are dire.

[worldsaway]

It's still different.

[But he still grins when he makes Loki so frustrated. Loki had tricks, back in the day, but Thor was the intolerable one.]

Perhaps I like it better this way. You're much easier to pick up, it will keep you out of trouble.

[lieborn]

[ Perhaps I like it better this way. His own Thor had felt the same, unable to so much as listen to Loki when he confessed to murdering the owner of the body in which he now sits. It hadn't even been a fight, simply one aggrieved god battering another in Loki's own home. No explanation or remorse could ever make them see eye to eye again.

He stops eating, appetite dwindling. The miserable look he wears intensifies and Loki chins a hand as he peers idly out the window of the diner. ]

I want to be myself again.

[worldsaway]

[It is a particular talent of Loki's to tug on Thor's heart strings. It works even better when he's small and sad, it makes Thor feel momentarily horrible despite not being remotely responsible for this.]

This shall pass, I am sure. I could not tell you how, but we will get to the bottom of it. [Thor reaches a fork out to push the food on Loki's plate.] You will not be as smart if you are not well fed.

[lieborn]

I'm smarter than you, extra pancake or not. I think that's sufficient.

[ He picks at the food anyway, just to stop Thor messing around on his plate. ]

[worldsaway]

Then surely you do not need my assistance. [Thor raises a brow. As if he'd ever abandon Loki in a time of need.]

[lieborn]

The fact I'm asking means nothing?

[ The gentlest guilt-trip. ]

[worldsaway]

The fact that you're asking is suspicious. [But he's laughing, so it's a joke, right?]

What do we know of the situation so far? Do we know the source?