not_a_troll | IC Appointments [Luceti]

Frankly, I am confused, Clint Barton. It is a rather unsettling feeling.

[For a moment he start plucking on his sandwich again.]

It has never been a secret to begin with.

[He shrugs.]

Trust is a very weighty thing and not easily given. Not even to the family of choice.

Welcome to adulthood. I spend most of my life being confused.

Which is why my chosen family is very small and my blood family doesn't even feature in my life.

Ah, I rather stay away from adulthood for a while, yes?

[Loki leans forward a little.]

I do not remember my blood relatives. My father used to be the ruler of Jotunheim, I am not even sure if he lives or not. My mother...I know even less about.

Besides my name there is no reason why you should not trust me, Clint Barton.

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Childhood isn't a defense against the world.

[Was this family sharing time now?]

Mine are dead. All of them.

[He shakes his head when Loki says he should trust him.]

I trust two people. Neither of them are here. It's nothing personal.

The world is not the thing I wish to defend myself against.

[He listens and nods shortly.]

My condoleances.

[That is completely something Loki expects and nah, no big deal at all. He trusts one person, and she's not in Luceti either.]

I am not offended, Clint Barton. Why would I be?

In the end, that's all there is.

[He shrugs, face carefully blank.]

Don't worry about it. It was a long time ago. Difficult to feel sad for the death of someone who hated you.

[A lie. Very much a lie. But one that he's perfected for the most part.]

Most people expect you to trust them after an hour of knowing them. Guess that's what friendship is like in the world of normal people. Easily given, easily taken away.

[Loki shakes his head.]

I disagree. And I have a variety of reasons why I disagree with that. But I shall just limit those reasons to just one. Because how could one face the world, when one cannot face themselves first, yes?

Oh, I do not worry. I am merely sympathizing with your loss.

[Loki looks at Clint, not quite sure if he's lying or not. And even if it would be a lie, there are probably reasons for him to lie about such a thing.]

Friendship and trust are very connected with eachother. If there is no trust the friendship probably is not one of a great kind.

But then again, friendship is a surprisingly tricky and complicated matter.

I know plenty of people who've managed to do that. [There have been days he can't even look at himself in the mirror, but he still goes out and faces the world.]

It wasn't a loss.

[And he sounds like the most callous bastard ever, he's sure, but he can't deny he's probably doing more now than he ever would have had his parents not died.]

Trust isn't easily given. It has to be earned.

[Loki taps his chin, his eyebrows furrowing while he thinks.]

I do agree on the fact that the world can be quite dangerous. But if a person is not up for facing it, and thus faking to be able to face it. Wouldn't it make that harder? Painful, even.

Then is shall consider it as such. Not a loss.

[For a moment he thinks about Thor and notices he still misses him. Even now he's here, in a complete different realm, surrounded by completely different people.

Thor is his brother...and the one who truly wanted him to return to Asgard.]

Aye, trust does not come free. But even without trust, people can bond. And trust will develop itself between them.

[Clint shrugs in response. He's done it. A lot of people have done it.]

You do whatever it takes to keep going for one more day. If that means putting on your game face even when you feel like breaking, that's what you do.

[And hoped you retained enough of yourself to do it all again the next day.]

Yeah, sometimes it does.

Eventually you will break. It is up to you to decide if you allow yourself to break.

[Loki sits back in his chair, observing Clint closely and when he has done so he smiles broadly.]

It is an absolute pleasure to talk with you, Clint Barton.

Sometimes you don't get a choice.

[He endures the scrutiny, raising an eyebrow when Loki grins at him. He lets out a harsh bark of laughter.]

Liar.

[Loki chuckles softly when Clint starts to laugh.]

I never lie, Clint Barton. Even though I will not deny the fact that it is quite easy to accuse Loki of telling untruths.

[He shrugs shortly.]

Believe me, this conversation has been quite pleasant. Are there any questions you want me to answer? After all, you have been most kind to answer mine.

Everyone lies. And I'm terrible company. [He shrugs dismissively. It wasn't so much an insult. People lied. You got used to it.]

You know anything about a glowing blue cube? The tesseract. A source of enormous energy.

I do not and you are not.

[Loki's voice sounds serious and as a matter of fact, he is quite serious. Especially about himself not being a liar.]

I am not familiar with a glowing cube called a tesseract.

[He shakes his head and then he realizes something.]

Does my older self still have that sceptre that makes him able to control minds and the like?

[Clint gives him a look, searching his face. The kid obviously believes that at least.

Pity he doesn't know about it but Clint wasn't expecting much anyway. He raises an eyebrow at the question.]

Not in Luceti. But yeah, he had the sceptre when he broke into the facility.

What does it do? Does it only control minds? Or does it hold other powers as well?

[Loki makes a juggling motion with his hands.]

A multifunctional sceptre, right?

It's a weapon. He can blast people with energy from it. [Acted a hell of a lot like Hydra tech they'd heard of from Steve's time.

He gives a soft snort at the joke.]

Yeah, it's a real Swiss Army kinda deal.

Ah, a clever referral to utility knives from the land of Swiss, yes! I get it.

[Yes, he's proud of that.]

Has he displayed other...powers? Like sorcery?

Very good. I'm proud.

Yeah. He has. Illusions, copies of himself. Invisibility.

There is no limit to the joy I feel right now, Clint Barton.

[He leans a bit forward, elbows resting on the table.]

Sounds very much like Loki, yes.

[Loki pauses for a moment and moves to tap his fingers on the surface of the table.]

Would you consider him a threat to everyone in this realm?

I'm sure.

[His tone is so very very dry right now.

He goes silent at the question and leans back in his seat.]

No. He's as trapped as the rest of us. Until something changes, he's not gonna throw away what ground he's gained.

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