"He Who Remains?" Stephen repeats, pulling a face. "Hmm. Impressive enough title, I suppose, but he probably came up with it himself, which erases all the cool points."
The choice that Loki faced -- the destruction of all timelines, or rooting himself permanently at the end of time -- is an easy choice. It's the same sort of choice Stephen faced against Dormammu. The kind of choice that would make a person agonize over their options in a time of peace, but proves startlingly easy to choose when push truly comes to shove, at the very moment of potential annihilation.
He... hadn't suspected Loki had that sort of altruism in him. Stephen's impressed.
Loki's deadpanned joke has Stephen rolling his eyes (and the collar of the Cloak rearing back in offense), but he dutifully comes to stand next to Loki. "Time traveling with my corpse alongside you would prove too annoying even for you, I think," he drawls. The Cloak flaps a corner, as it to say, and also I'd be mad as well. "I assume you'll be taking us to a time on Asgard when you weren't present for a while, to avoid the possibility of running into yourself?"
SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY the holidays really got the best of me π
The choice that Loki faced -- the destruction of all timelines, or rooting himself permanently at the end of time -- is an easy choice. It's the same sort of choice Stephen faced against Dormammu. The kind of choice that would make a person agonize over their options in a time of peace, but proves startlingly easy to choose when push truly comes to shove, at the very moment of potential annihilation.
He... hadn't suspected Loki had that sort of altruism in him. Stephen's impressed.
Loki's deadpanned joke has Stephen rolling his eyes (and the collar of the Cloak rearing back in offense), but he dutifully comes to stand next to Loki. "Time traveling with my corpse alongside you would prove too annoying even for you, I think," he drawls. The Cloak flaps a corner, as it to say, and also I'd be mad as well. "I assume you'll be taking us to a time on Asgard when you weren't present for a while, to avoid the possibility of running into yourself?"