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Loki goes instantly where Huan tells her. She has a safety against landing intersected with solid objects, her or any of her belongings, so dramatic as it would be she can't just appear with her opponent already impaled. She has to actually stab him.
So she stabs him, spikes him from there. And hollows out Lævateinn and channels ice into the wound.
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purposeful_glory
purposeful_glory
Had I not mentioned the infinity gems in sufficient detail?
The picture I had was that there were, in fact, other sources of absolute power in your galaxy, that not telling people your magic was therefore obviously incomplete as a way of stopping them from achieving scary amounts of power, and that you felt we couldn't be trusted with scary amounts of power. It seemed to follow that you'd also not want us near those other sources, though I should have guessed that there'd already be people who'd have taken that path.
Though. Most people wouldn't do anything particularly interesting with your alphabet, or with comparable things.
Though. Most people wouldn't do anything particularly interesting with your alphabet, or with comparable things.
purposeful_glory
It. Is. A. Big. Galaxy. And it's been around for a very, very long time. If there is something lying around which grants stupid quantities of power one time in a thousand, several people have gotten stupid quantities of power from that thing and some of them have gone somewhere interesting with it. And some people don't have the creativity or ambition on their own but wind up wielded by people or institutions who do.
I believe you. I apologized for not thinking better of you in the first place, and can do so again.
purposeful_glory
I'm not fishing for an apology, just trying to cement the nature of my reasoning so you have a better idea of what my reasoning looks like next time. I do not need to be thought well of as much as I wish to be thought correctly of.
Wanting us to have opportunities for growth until they notice how much we want to grow us is a pattern we're quite sensitive to. And we see it a lot.
purposeful_glory
Well, that would be hypocritical of me, but I suppose hypocrites abound.
"No absolute power for people with a history of terrible decisions that cost civilian lives" would be a not at all hypocritical stance but one that would still put us at odds.
purposeful_glory
If you'd had absolute power then you would presumably have just bypassed the need for boats.
If I'd had any power at all -
But, yes, we're obviously more dangerous to innocents when we're trapped and in danger ourselves. Lots of people would still take the stance I mentioned. Deterrence, if nothing else.
But, yes, we're obviously more dangerous to innocents when we're trapped and in danger ourselves. Lots of people would still take the stance I mentioned. Deterrence, if nothing else.
purposeful_glory
Because clearly you would have been swayed by guesses about the opinions of powerful aliens.
The Valar were right there and literally had the power to sink all the ships - and did sink many of them - and that failed to deter us. I still think your stance is unusual.
I might try to get Thingol to come around on visitors. Macalaurë'd love this place.
Yes. Their guards, and Lúthien, have sung the spring into a rushing river. "Want to go swimming, Loki?" Lúthien says.
And there is swimming. Lúthien has always been hoping she's enough Maia she doesn't need to breathe but she doesn't think it works that way. She can sing the water different colors, or make it bubbly.
purposeful_glory
Loki can freeze bits of it, but this is presumably not going to be comfortable for anybody else?
Ice in midsummer is kind of fun, actually! Has she considered using her ice powers to make frozen foods, frozen foods are such a delicacy. Maedhros, who is not swimming, volunteers that the same was true in Tirion.
purposeful_glory
She's willing to freeze some food! And make some little icebergs in this river.
After a while of this everyone is delighted and exhausted and splashes ashore to dry off.
Lúthien giggles. "How've you been?"
purposeful_glory
"Same old. I'd go into more detail but the minutiae of spellcraft would make anybody else's eyes glaze over."