It took her a moment to reply -- well, half a moment, maybe. She didn't need time at all to think on her words. She had only to catch her breath after it was taken away by the betrayed hostility his words revealed. The horror he felt at what she offered him.
She knew the way things were in Asgard. She was no fool. She knew the stories the children of Loki's generation, raised after the wartime, would grow up hearing. But she had somehow entertained the desperate notion that maybe it wouldn't be this bad.
That somehow Loki, with his heart, with his cleverness, would have looked past the stories to the truth.
Of course it seemed that had not happened at all.
And now it was up to her to try and fix damage that might well be past mending.
"No," she replied in a soft murmur that grew stronger all the while as she spoke, and all of it shot through with deepest earnest. "Not at all. That is the furthest thing from what I intended. I am truly and deeply sorry if that's what my plans have made you think."
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Date: 2014-01-09 05:06 pm (UTC)She knew the way things were in Asgard. She was no fool. She knew the stories the children of Loki's generation, raised after the wartime, would grow up hearing. But she had somehow entertained the desperate notion that maybe it wouldn't be this bad.
That somehow Loki, with his heart, with his cleverness, would have looked past the stories to the truth.
Of course it seemed that had not happened at all.
And now it was up to her to try and fix damage that might well be past mending.
"No," she replied in a soft murmur that grew stronger all the while as she spoke, and all of it shot through with deepest earnest. "Not at all. That is the furthest thing from what I intended. I am truly and deeply sorry if that's what my plans have made you think."