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Loki and Ingrid 32

Mind Games “Aaaaaaaiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” I hear an earsplitting scream from down the hall where I am walking, and I turn on my heels and run. I kick open the door to see Lyd screaming at the top of her lungs.           “You’re not allowed to use magic on me! It’s cursed! Cursed!” Auuugghhhhh!”           “I saved your life, idiot.”           “I hate you.”           “Good.”           “But you’re freaking me out with your Asgardian magic!”           “Stop, okay? I learned everything from my mother—”           “Asgardians. And their magic, their warfare; it’s all the same. Destruction.”           “Don’t talk about my mother that way!”           “Stop.”           “Ingrid? What are you--?”           “You two have to stop arguing!”           “Why?” Lyd laughs, “It’s fun!”           “Really?”           “Yeah! More fun than sitting around outside that dump on Zephenare.”           “I thought you liked it there.”           “Ah, nevermind. Ju

Loki and Ingrid 31

Citizens of Asgard “Ingrid, get up!”           “Sif?” I roll out of bed, still groggy. “Is everyone okay?”           “Yeah, far as I know. You’re supposed to announce your Queenhood.”           “What?”           “Loki wants the kingdom to know that you are going to be making some decisions for them.”           “I am?”                  “He doesn’t trust himself.”           “So, I’m an advisor? Why make me queen?”           “Because he wants to marry you, that’s why, idiot.”           “Okay. Fine, just let me get dressed.” --- “Wow, you really do look like Odin,” I say to Loki, “But they know, why disguise it?”           “Less shock value to not go as myself.”           “But I don’t want to marry Odin.”           “You won’t don’t worry. Come on.” --- “Greetings, Asgardians. It is I.” Loki transforms into himself, but I pay little heed. I’m just imagining taking Queen Frigga’s image.           I can already spot Calder, and I try to avoid eye contac