His mother tilted her head askance at him, giving him a reproving look.
"Loki," she admonished him, wounded and a little taken aback at such swift animosity. Not surprised, or at least not entirely. But saddened by it all the same.
"Is this what you think of me? I had no intention of forcing you into anything. Indeed, how could I?"
Her words were guarded though and her anxiety surfaced one more. No, she could hardly force him into something of this nature entirely without his consent - but certainly she had every intention to try and persuade him into agreement. The problem with diplomacy, and he knew it as well, was that even when an actual promise had not yet been made going back on a deal in the midst of forging could be...awkward.
For the subject to even come up, things were indeed already in motion. Far from set in stone perhaps, but whatever could be considered very close to that.
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Date: 2014-01-09 04:39 am (UTC)"Loki," she admonished him, wounded and a little taken aback at such swift animosity. Not surprised, or at least not entirely. But saddened by it all the same.
"Is this what you think of me? I had no intention of forcing you into anything. Indeed, how could I?"
Her words were guarded though and her anxiety surfaced one more. No, she could hardly force him into something of this nature entirely without his consent - but certainly she had every intention to try and persuade him into agreement. The problem with diplomacy, and he knew it as well, was that even when an actual promise had not yet been made going back on a deal in the midst of forging could be...awkward.
For the subject to even come up, things were indeed already in motion. Far from set in stone perhaps, but whatever could be considered very close to that.