Mm. [ Confirmation and acknowledgement both. The hard talks are the worst, he can't argue there. ] In the meantime, try not to assume your feelings are facts. —I know that's easier said than done.
[ A sharp breath out that's not quite a whistle, but is an indication that he'd need to do some very simple maths he'd rather not do to answer that question. ]
A while. [ No thanks on answering that one accurately. ] If you're going to ask me not to lump you in with the rest of you, maybe you could try returning the favor.
[ He's never met a Zelma and he's doing just fine, thank you very much. ]
You haven't met Earth-616's Strange, he is a curmudgeon who thinks I killed his dog on purpose, all because I helped him out behind his back and he didn't like it.
Ugh, I caught Bats the dog in the backlash of a spell, I would never attack an animal like that. I got the talking ghost back for Strange! That was something I did not have to do, but I did.
[ Tossing his empty noodles carton in a passing bin, he stuffs his hands in his hoodie pockets. ]
[ Don't mind as his brows slowly climb up his forehead the more Loki talks. He didn't mean to open a can of worms here, but boy oh boy. Following up on ghost... dogs? can come later, because - ]
You lived in the Sanctum?
[ There's just so much to unpack. He asks it like he's asking somebody to clarify the details of a movie he missed. ]
There was something dangerous coming and he was not prepared. I forced him to up his game by stripping him of his title and home, I gave him the impetus to be able to take it all back on his own. Once he managed that, he was ready to be the Sorcerer Supreme that was needed.
It was during the final fight between us that the dog ...
Ah, you've no need of it! Whatever has kept you from being Sorcerer Supreme lately will inevitably build you back up, I believe that. What need have you for me? None.
[ That'll have to be promise enough, so he moves on with a lightly chiding look - familiar enough to be reassuring. ]
He is. I'm amazed he hasn't already confirmed that himself.
[ They seem to have come to something of a truce, but in his reality it's still technically Stephen who's done Loki the greatest slight. He doesn't expect that to go completely forgotten. ]
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A while. [ No thanks on answering that one accurately. ] If you're going to ask me not to lump you in with the rest of you, maybe you could try returning the favor.
[ He's never met a Zelma and he's doing just fine, thank you very much. ]
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[ Offering up gossip as a peace-offering, he nudges him with an elbow while walking and eating. ]
If you agree I am the coolest Loki, you can be the coolest Strange.
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[ Noodles. 😏 ]
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Don't be touchy.
[ 😏 😏 😏 ]
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How's that demonic dimensional gateway in your basement doing?
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[ He came here to chat shit and eat noodles, and he's almost all out of noodles, so cycling back around to the previous topic...]
Billy already told me I'm your favourite Strange.
[ Not strictly true, but close enough to jibe with. ]
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Billy doesn't have any kind of authority over my opinions, he is freshly married to a space emperor and thinks he knows it all.
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Oh. So he was wrong. Okay.
[ If you say so, Loki!! ]
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[ What an unreasonable jerk. ]
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You helped him out... behind his back. And at some point his dog died? I can see why that might not have gone over well.
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[ Tossing his empty noodles carton in a passing bin, he stuffs his hands in his hoodie pockets. ]
It was mildly fun living in Bleecker, admittedly.
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You lived in the Sanctum?
[ There's just so much to unpack. He asks it like he's asking somebody to clarify the details of a movie he missed. ]
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[ Wagging a warning finger! ]
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It was during the final fight between us that the dog ...
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I'm not surprised he's not your biggest fan.
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[ Buttering Stephen up? Him??? ]
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Just be sure to miss me with that tough love training arc.
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[ With a mock-sad pout. ]
That older Loki, is he from your reality?
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He is. I'm amazed he hasn't already confirmed that himself.
[ They seem to have come to something of a truce, but in his reality it's still technically Stephen who's done Loki the greatest slight. He doesn't expect that to go completely forgotten. ]
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