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[st_ratagem]

The branch, oddly lumpy as a branch, with its bark stripped off and some shaping was definitely interesting. At some point in the tree’s life, honeysuckle had grown on it and choked the branches, and even though the flowers had clearly not been part of the tree for a long time, the twisting looked very much like a snake wrapped around the top.

Loki hadn’t budged from his room in days, wrapped up as he was in crafting something that wasn’t gong to be particularly useful as a walking stick or a weapon. At some point he’d propped his door open just so he didn’t have to split focus between what he wanted to do and dealing with knocking. Mostly the only people who came by were people he didn’t mind, anyway.

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[st_allionofdoom]

As restless as she'd gotten wandering the perimeter to find nothing interesting all night, Valkyrie was almost certain she'd find something hands-on to do when she found her way to Loki's room. Then, as these things tended to work out, it'd turned into a still and meditative session of watching him work, draped across the king sized bed with a bottle in hand.

It was certainly more interesting than anything else she'd run across.

There was always pleasure in watching someone with honest skill put their mind to a task, regardless of what it was, even if there was no competition in it. That, and she felt a small claim to the finished product, even if all she did was chop and haul.

'Good with his hands.' She thought instead of speaking, filling her lips with the glass rim. No need to intrude on the atmosphere.