"I'm sure you know some things. Midgardian-type things. Archery things." Loki grins, and summons a copy of one of Clint's arrows, though it's green and made of flames. "Magic, though, that's my purview."
Twirling the arrow between his fingers once more Loki considers the things it best for Clint to know before approaching Asgard, even under his protection. "I'm a prince, but the second born, so I will probably never rule. Which I'm okay with because it'll mean I get to do other more fun things instead, in the name of diplomacy. My older brother's name is Thor; he's a little thick sometimes but I'm told 'his heart is in the right place' which I'm supposing means somewhere other than in his chest, where it belongs. Right now he's the worst to spend time with, because he has to go to a million council meetings this season with the Allfather but Mother has forbidden me from helping him to remember his schedule or what each one is for."
By magic, of course.
"I like books. I like magic. I'm best at illusions. I'm smarter than people expect and usually I'm bored with things in general. I can fight, though people often forget because I'm not going to turn out to a berserker like Thor probably will, but I like daggers the way you like your arrows.
What else do you want to know?
It's a life. Sometimes there's nothing to do but there's usually a feast, or a foreign delegation, or someone else's feast. There are festivals like this one here only more wonderful that cover an entire city for days.
Or there are hunts. Tournaments. Quests. That sort of thing."
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Twirling the arrow between his fingers once more Loki considers the things it best for Clint to know before approaching Asgard, even under his protection. "I'm a prince, but the second born, so I will probably never rule. Which I'm okay with because it'll mean I get to do other more fun things instead, in the name of diplomacy. My older brother's name is Thor; he's a little thick sometimes but I'm told 'his heart is in the right place' which I'm supposing means somewhere other than in his chest, where it belongs. Right now he's the worst to spend time with, because he has to go to a million council meetings this season with the Allfather but Mother has forbidden me from helping him to remember his schedule or what each one is for."
By magic, of course.
"I like books. I like magic. I'm best at illusions. I'm smarter than people expect and usually I'm bored with things in general. I can fight, though people often forget because I'm not going to turn out to a berserker like Thor probably will, but I like daggers the way you like your arrows.
What else do you want to know?
It's a life. Sometimes there's nothing to do but there's usually a feast, or a foreign delegation, or someone else's feast. There are festivals like this one here only more wonderful that cover an entire city for days.
Or there are hunts. Tournaments. Quests. That sort of thing."