It wasn't without reason that Loki steered the conversation so early towards the reason he'd been asked here. If there was going to be unsavory news to be had, he would rather avoid empty pleasantries while waiting to get there.
There was, however, only so much pushing he was willing to do with her for his respect of his mother was too great to not allow her to unfurl whatever settled heavily on her mind in something of her own time, and he did not see any reason to pull away from her touch when she offered it no matter how unsettled the look in her eye left him.
It didn't change the way his smile pulled a little wider, though, or the slightly dismissive way his eyebrows raise as if her words held little to be concerned about. "So ominous, Mother." It was far easier to undercut the heaviness of the situation than succumb to it entirely before he had to.
If he had to. It wouldn't be the first time a 'serious matter' had turned out to be anything but in Loki's opinion. "So foreboding. Why must it feel as if someone's head is for the chopping block?"
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Isn't it? I think I should stage a protest
Date: 2014-01-08 09:26 pm (UTC)There was, however, only so much pushing he was willing to do with her for his respect of his mother was too great to not allow her to unfurl whatever settled heavily on her mind in something of her own time, and he did not see any reason to pull away from her touch when she offered it no matter how unsettled the look in her eye left him.
It didn't change the way his smile pulled a little wider, though, or the slightly dismissive way his eyebrows raise as if her words held little to be concerned about. "So ominous, Mother." It was far easier to undercut the heaviness of the situation than succumb to it entirely before he had to.
If he had to. It wouldn't be the first time a 'serious matter' had turned out to be anything but in Loki's opinion. "So foreboding. Why must it feel as if someone's head is for the chopping block?"