“Hah!” Apparently the other/future him had somehow not tumbled to Thor’s new ability to see through his little brother. But as always, it was impressive and oddly pleasant to be beaten on his own playing field. Even just hearing about it. “I’ll let you keep that, then. Don’t tell me more about it.”

Clearly, this was the end of the story. Thor was sentimental, leaving Loki to the questionable mercy of a ‘psychopath’ who called himself the Grandmaster was likely final enough for tears when Loki arrived in this place.

It hung together well enough for a Thor story. Loki put the effort into standing back up and moved to par Thor on the shoulder in passing. “I had intended to sleep before you turned up for story time. I believe I’ll go do that now.”