\u201cWe don\u2019t speak for everyone,\u201d Marin said, ignoring the byplay going on between Thordin and Thom.\u00a0 \u201cWe suggest, but the community on the whole makes the decision.\u00a0 We can\u2019t just declare that we\u2019ll help you\u2014or that we won\u2019t help you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBesides that, there\u2019s an open question regarding what, exactly, would be the benefit for us?\u201d\u00a0 Thom crossed his arms.\u00a0 \u201cIn case you didn\u2019t notice, the world already ended and we\u2019re already fighting a war.\u00a0 How is what you\u2019re asking us to step into different from what we\u2019re already doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
Why the hell are you pounding on our gate and asking us for help if we\u2019re already in the fight?<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cYou had mentioned your own war, yes.\u00a0 This would pale.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless it\u2019s the same war,\u201d Thordin growled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you to be silent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou also don\u2019t speak to the dead,\u201d Thordin countered.\u00a0 \u201cDoes that mean I must still be breathing?\u201d<\/p>\n
She swore and spun away, boots crackling against the ice-crusted snow.\u00a0 \u201cDamn your eyes, Odinson!\u00a0 Can\u2019t you see what I\u2019m trying to do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly not,\u201d he said quietly, \u201cbecause I keep poking a hornet\u2019s nest to see what it might get me.\u201d<\/p>\n
She twisted, glaring at him.\u00a0 \u201cIf I admit that you yet breathe, that you are the one I know in my heart you are, then I am honor and duty-bound to bring you back to face Ragnarok with the rest of us\u2014to condemn you to your final doom if the stories be true.\u00a0 I can\u2019t bear that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you betray me instead?\u00a0 Forget that I\u2019m here, ignore my very existence?\u201d\u00a0 Thordin stepped away from Thom and Marin and approached their visitor, took her by the shoulders and gave her a firm shake.\u00a0 \u201cHow long was it before you fell into his arms, Sif?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho told you that it was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone I trust,\u201d Thordin spat.\u00a0 \u201cHow long was it?\u00a0 How long was it before you slept with my brother<\/i>?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou say it as if I had a choice,\u201d the woman whispered, just barely loud enough for Thom and Marin to hear her.\u00a0 \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t, they would have killed your son.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe don\u2019t speak for everyone,\u201d Marin said, ignoring the byplay going on between Thordin and Thom.\u00a0 \u201cWe suggest, but the community on the whole makes the decision.\u00a0 We can\u2019t just declare that we\u2019ll help you\u2014or that we won\u2019t help you.\u201d … Continue reading