04/voice

[flightlessbird]

We have found the— [ A pause, and quieter, to the side: "What is the word?" A heavy sigh from further off, which sounds kinda like Loki. "It is vandal." ] —Vandals! Who ruined things. We found them, even though Roslyn would not help.

I have named them stump for hands, because stump means not to have a hand. [ she sounds so pleased with her own cleverness. ]

If anyone needs to find and punish someone, then you should ask Loki. He is very good at it.

[ And in the back again, from Loki: ] But not without a price.

Comments

[draconic_historian]

My master insisted that I should be able to assume a human form if I wanted to learn more about them. It is not a terribly difficult spell, once learned.

[withouthumanity]

That makes sense, I suppose. Why not do it now? —or do you?

( prying :|a; what is politeness )

[draconic_historian]

Because I like being a dragon. It's a useful trick for blending in and getting into small nooks and crannies, but...

Well, if you could turn into a hamster, would you do it when you didn't have to?

[withouthumanity]

( Loki can't help but agree with that, and he thinks over the words being said and chuckles lowly. )

You are very right in that.

[draconic_historian]

And you are very free of illusions of self importance to recognize it.

Or are you? you made passing references to humanity as if you stood outside it.

[withouthumanity]

I would say that I do. I am no human.

( Loki turns his nose for just a second, then settles himself. )

I am a God.

[draconic_historian]

Not much of a god, if you've gotten pulled here just as the rest of us mortals have been.