“Why would I need to know her?” Thor’s ex-mortal was easiest to tackle. “I knew what she looked like, and she only had to sort of flutter around like a sad dying bird. Which, being fair, she essentially was at the time.” She’d tried to pick a fight with him at their introduction. It had been adorable, and deserved a little commemoration.

Sif, though... “Narrative requirement was why Sif. Odin wasn’t there and received no official reports.” Since the soldier who’d reported Loki’s corpse had been Loki himself. “Placing Sif in the play explained how the Allfather could know details enough to write with. And of your friends, she was the only one I could believably write not immediately cutting my throat to make sure I was dead or throwing a one-man dance party.”