Loki's words--both those spoken and inscribed--replayed in Valkyrie's head. Then, her grip on him loosened...not because she intended to let him go, but because she'd realized there had been a pressure on her grip that had kept it tighter than it needed to be. For all the peace that she'd made with her past, the future of uncertainty had cultivated dread.

Valkyrie took a deep breath and was struck with the changes that had been wrought since her first night at the inn and all the changes to come.

"Right." She released her breath and smiled in a way that said, 'I know you'd only be offering if you meant it.' "Binding across dimensions."