"She did quite a bit of rolling her eyes and walking away from me for the first three months I pursued her," Loki remarked. "She is a most determined woman." Part of why he found her so irresistible, really. Hearing no made him want to see if her could change it.

Ah yes, Mead. He took a generous drink.

"But I like all of her parts, for the whole they create is lovely and mine." He grinned. "I think... Today it is her voice. That may change tomorrow. All good things shall have their turn."