"First of all? Rude to suggest straight to my face that you could break my wards with sheer force of power and will. At least be polite about it. Manners," he says with a roll of his eyes. Though he probably can't argue; this sorcerer is a powerful one to be able to find himself at the end of time so he might have a good chance at it. "But you're correct. It would be unpleasant for you if you did manage it. As I said, I wasn't kind." So probably some maiming involved, if not worse.
So that's not the best option.
The second is just a waste of time. And while it seems that the sorcerer has a good handle on the ability to work with time, there doesn't seem like there is much to lose. So that's far from ideal.
And then there's the third option.
Loki sees it coming, of course. He knows how to remove the wards, he's got the power to walk time and timelines so he could easily take them to Asgard in a moment in the timeline when the world still stood and the book was tucked on his shelf along with all of the other volumes and relics that he had collected. There's just one problem.
"You're asking me to leave it all unprotected. I pulled the timelines together to save them from destruction and I don't know what happens if I leave this place," Loki admits. The God of Stories is meant to sit at the end of time and hold everything together and if he's not there, what happens to the countless threads that feed and are fed by his magic? He doesn't know. He can't just leave forever. The God of Stories needs to remain but maybe there's a way.
He vanishes away the teacup and holds up his empty hand, rotating it so that the woven branches come to meet it. He places his fingers upon them and watches the glow of power under his fingertips. He feels the connection to the timelines and he sighs. He needs to do something and he knows that. He can't just stand aside. "I can try to put wards on them. Put as much magic as I can into them but if things start to slip, I won't be able to help you and you'll be on your own. I have to return. My place is here, not galavanting through timelines that I would take no joy in revisiting." Asgard holds nothing for him but pain and on top of leaving his charge, going back sounds…unpleasant.
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So that's not the best option.
The second is just a waste of time. And while it seems that the sorcerer has a good handle on the ability to work with time, there doesn't seem like there is much to lose. So that's far from ideal.
And then there's the third option.
Loki sees it coming, of course. He knows how to remove the wards, he's got the power to walk time and timelines so he could easily take them to Asgard in a moment in the timeline when the world still stood and the book was tucked on his shelf along with all of the other volumes and relics that he had collected. There's just one problem.
"You're asking me to leave it all unprotected. I pulled the timelines together to save them from destruction and I don't know what happens if I leave this place," Loki admits. The God of Stories is meant to sit at the end of time and hold everything together and if he's not there, what happens to the countless threads that feed and are fed by his magic? He doesn't know. He can't just leave forever. The God of Stories needs to remain but maybe there's a way.
He vanishes away the teacup and holds up his empty hand, rotating it so that the woven branches come to meet it. He places his fingers upon them and watches the glow of power under his fingertips. He feels the connection to the timelines and he sighs. He needs to do something and he knows that. He can't just stand aside. "I can try to put wards on them. Put as much magic as I can into them but if things start to slip, I won't be able to help you and you'll be on your own. I have to return. My place is here, not galavanting through timelines that I would take no joy in revisiting." Asgard holds nothing for him but pain and on top of leaving his charge, going back sounds…unpleasant.