[Child adventures!] Ancient times

[st_ratagem]

They weren’t actually supposed to be outside of the palace grounds. Father and Mother both agreed, nine was too young, and Thor had only just started arms training. But Thor had wanted to ‘test his courage’ and apparently that didn’t just mean ‘leave the palace’, it had meant ‘leave the palace, take a skiff, go to island ruin with a door in it, far enough away that you could barely see the spires’.

It was exciting, yes! Still Loki was in trouble much more often than Thor, and he was deeply complicit in the escape thanks to a lot of illusions, was still nervous. Mostly about being blamed if something went wrong. “Did one of the guards tell you about this place?”

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[st_ormbreaker]

"It's a secret if no one tells you about it!" Thor's voice doesn't go above a loud whisper, but afterwards, he makes a deliberate effort to bring his voice down to a normal whisper. "I don't want us to keep secrets from one another, okay?"

[st_ratagem]

"Okay." It was a lie, and Loki knew it. Honestly, Thor probably knew it, too: they were twins, even if he was older and closer to being grown up. Thor knew Loki better than anyone except maybe Mother... no, still better than her. Thor got to see (and feel) the sharp edges.

But Loki loved his brother and at least at the moment he didn't want to fight. (Even if an injured Thor meant he had a better chance of winning. That was love.) So he agreed no secrets even though he intended to keep every one he had until it was time to tell them. "You should watch the servants, brother. They know a lot of ways in and out, and good places to hide."

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor nods, then, like Loki, remembers that his brother can't see him. "Okay," he whispers. "...do you think Heimdall can see us like this, too?"