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[He sighs, relenting the point.]

No, I suppose it isn't. They kept them on Earth without issue for so long, after all.

[And Earth is pretty backwards.]

...what brought this on, Loki.

[ loki had half a mind to deflect but it would seem pretty transparent. he rubs his palms together. ]

I just prefer to put my time towards something constructive.

[Thor turns away from the paper finally, giving Loki a pondering look. Eventually he huffs. A half-smile curls his lips.]

I know the feeling.

[ loki doesn't say time is short, who knows how long I will be here.

who will remember me when I'm gone, my actions dust?

instead he says. ]

We still have work to do.

[Work that may lead nowhere. Work that may be snuffed out as worse than useless should Thor get another burst of memories. It was what had prompted Thor to come in here, a scant few days after remembering Thanos, to stare in ever-growing anger at the plans they had made. It had taken little thought to scrape all the papers off the table, rip all the maps off the walls, and hurl them into the forge.

It had been at some point while Thor was ripping pages out of a notebook that day that he had just stopped and begun weeping again. The notebook was still in here somewhere, half-emptied. He couldn't bring himself to finish the job.

Typical, really.]

Yeah. [He rubs at his cheek, looking around to re-orient himself in the present. Out of his cursed memories.] Uh, so this chart is...?

[ loki had been watching thor with a frown before he smooths his expression away. ]

Magical signatures. If you need to track down the stones. Your, ah, axe should be able to pinpoint them.

[It's par for the course. Thor's lapses are irregular but common enough.]

Oh, yes. You mentioned laying a spell upon it that could do such a thing.

[Folding his arms over his chest, Thor scowls at the chart.]

As long as it holds. This damned place already robbed Stormbreaker of its Bifrost power.

It should. I see no reason why it would not.

Only one way to find out, right?

[He flashes Loki a grin, not incandescent as it used to be but genuine regardless.]

You've seen it, I hope. The damage that the Marsiva still hasn't repaired.

[ he rolls his eyes. ]

I had noticed, yes.

It's progress! We're making headway against it.

[ sigh. ]

Yes, yes. I'm very proud of you.

You should be.

[Without a hint of irony.]

But others joined the fray as well.

It was hard to miss you and the team of Hitting Things Until It's Fixed.

I intend to be noticed when I make my feelings known.

[With extreme prejudice.]

Though for all that, they did not seem to react to the assault.

[ yes, that is odd. why wouldn't they react or bring about some punishment? or were they so secure in their power that they consider the marsiva an acceptable loss? ]

Well. It hardly matters if they do.

I think it does. I just don't know how.

[He may have punctured the Marsiva's hull a few dozen times, but Thor's yet to pierce the veil around the Atroma in general. None of them have. How long will it take...? Breathing out through his nose, he shrugs his shoulders abruptly.]

No matter. It isn't impervious, and that is a good thing.

[ he doesn't like that look. there's something below the surface, something loki can't quite touch and it bothers him. instead loki reaches out to touch thor's face, hands resting against each cheek. ]

You did well.

[Thor doesn't flinch exactly. He does, however, look taken aback. The validation is unexpected, as is the sudden touch.]

I know? --yes, I know.

[Though he can't deny that it's some faint relief to hear it. To know the effort was worth something. He tells himself it is constantly, though like many things repeated too often it ends up sounding like meaningless noise in his own mind.]

[ loki rolls his eyes, but he pulls back gently. ]

As long as you do.

I am the one who brought it up.

[Just not with this kind of commentary in mind. He relents, leaning back against his old desk.]

Since ... precious little has happened otherwise.

[Not here, not at home.]

And it's grating on you again. More than ever.

[ loki's still perceptive, even if he's not sure how to fix it. ]

If I can't do something about here, then--

[How can I do something about home? Exhaling hard, he shakes his head.]

It has taken so long to get to even this point. I refuse to let it take another year or more to get further.

You've already done something. The rest will fall into place. But you must be careful, Thor.

[ because it sounds like . . . loki's thinking. running in circles, trying to find a loophole. it works, but it's also rather damning. dangerous. for all that loki mocks thor's intelligence, this is not the kind of mindset he wants to see in his brother. ]

You can't expect me to just sit back because I did one thing.

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