- with the anticipation of an impending rescue. Do we remain here in place, waiting patiently as ever for #Thor's arrival? Or do we seek -

- out the source of the lightening and find him before he's able to find Loki and I? Glancing over to Loki, I raise both brows -

- as if to ask those very questions. It's now or never, we must make a decision.|

|Never, in recent memory, have I seen Loki and #Thor act so civil to one another. Where #Thor has always made an effort to -

- include Loki in whatever it is he does, Loki tends to see the move as something to be suspect of. But not now. No, now is a -

- side of Loki that I see only when we are alone. He is happy, if only but for a moment. Stepping aside to allow me to greet -

- #Thor, Loki falls to the wayside, and it's then that I miss any disappointment that may find his features. With my full -

- attention now on #Thor, I step forward, pausing when I find myself within a foot or two of the tall Asgardian.| You came. |I say, -

- voicing my surprise as if I had any doubt that he would not. #Thor nods, a smile continuing to remain on his features. "Aye. As if I -

- could leave my brother and Asgard's best shieldmaiden in a foreign land such as this." A smile now finds me, and it's then that I -

- approach #Thor, placing my arms around him in an embrace. The gesture is made more out of relief than anything else, and after a moment, -

- I take a step back before the act can be assumed to be anything more.| Well then.. |I speak up in order to break the silence that's -

- befallen us, now looking back to Loki.| Shall we?

|Returning Loki's smile, I reach out to slip my arm around his when offered. The response is an automatic one. After having -

- spent all this time around Loki, I have no second thoughts about reaching for him when he calls for me. I know, however, that -

- my response to Loki will raise some eyebrows back in Asgard, and now. Most notably with #Thor. One look over to where he -

- stands says it all. He's shocked by my lack of hesitation to be by Loki's side, and I can't exactly say that I blame him. I, -

- myself, am still surprised that I've chosen Loki, and I have to wonder if our situation isn't what made us come together. -

- Would I still see Loki in the same light back in Asgard? That remains to be seen. Holding onto his arm as if my life depends -

- on it, I listen as #Thor calls out for #Heimdall, the cascade of multicolored lights soon surrounding us to take the three of us home.|