The futility of being able to say or do anything for him, to help either of them in this moment, at last sunk in.
At the words he next gave her, the mocking and cruel and coldly venomous portrait of indifference and deference he presented -- and that awful laugh that in its own way to her ears sounded more like a scream -- something in her too collapsed. She remained upright, yes, but her shoulders drooped. Her gaze lowered itself, heavily, seeming of its own accord to the floor.
What could she do now, but finish? They had each had more than enough.
"One thing," she murmured, her voice hoarse and unhappy. "One last thing and then no more. He will not be coming to you, Loki."
She swallowed, her eyes beginning at last to swim with tears.
"I tried and I tried...but none I dealt with would yield. None, Lord Járnvid included, would consent to giving their child to Asgard. There was nothing I could say or do to sway them. And so, you will be going to him."
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Date: 2014-01-27 04:31 am (UTC)At the words he next gave her, the mocking and cruel and coldly venomous portrait of indifference and deference he presented -- and that awful laugh that in its own way to her ears sounded more like a scream -- something in her too collapsed. She remained upright, yes, but her shoulders drooped. Her gaze lowered itself, heavily, seeming of its own accord to the floor.
What could she do now, but finish? They had each had more than enough.
"One thing," she murmured, her voice hoarse and unhappy. "One last thing and then no more. He will not be coming to you, Loki."
She swallowed, her eyes beginning at last to swim with tears.
"I tried and I tried...but none I dealt with would yield. None, Lord Járnvid included, would consent to giving their child to Asgard. There was nothing I could say or do to sway them. And so, you will be going to him."