Loki watched her from a distance. Oddly enough, she did not seem at all like what he had imagined Thor's betrothed would be. She is beautiful, that is out of the question, but she fails to match his brother's boastful, contemptuous self-importance; for whatever reason, he had always imagined that any maiden that happened to become engaged to Thor, of all people, would be just as conceited as him, just as smug.
She, however, appeared to shrink in the shadow of Thor's ego, an attitude with which he himself was far too familiar. He was not, nevertheless, moved by compassion; he's behaving solely as any younger sibling would, scheming around the idea to snatch for themselves something they believe their elder sibling has been gifted but does not by any means deserve... all right, perhaps there was a hint of compassion there, but he would never admit it out loud.
As the feast runs its course, with people getting up from their seats and roaming about socializing, Loki took his chalice of wine and walked around the table, taking a seat next to his sister-in-law-to-be, casually, quietly, like he had arbitrarily chosen that seat for no reason in particular.
"Don't let the number of people intimidate you," he said after a moment, staring ahead of him as he paused to take a sip of wine. "It's just like any other court only... louder," he added, now glancing her away so she could catch the faint yet playful smile slightly curving his lips. | @sigynoffidelity















