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I was blind to it. I thought everyone loved him as I did. I am working on seeing everything from his point of view. Loki has triggers for feeling ignored or unwanted, so that's why I suggest reassurance. Perhaps between the two of us we can get through to him.

Better a late discovery, I suppose.

We'll do our utmost now.

Better than never realizing it, yes.

What else should I know about you?

I'm not entirely certain. I hadn't expected to know much more about my betrothed or their people than a title and some number of assets.

I doubt you expected to end up marrying a Norse god. That is a bit more than your average title and asset. Did you not expect to marry for love?

I expected to marry for position. I'd hoped it would at least be for my own and not my father's, but even that might have been quite a trick to manage.

[But, to be clear,]

I'm glad it's this instead. I hadn't contemplated a heart could feel properly full this way.

Our parents never really gave us demands about our marriage, although they were not really pleased when I brought my human love to Asgard. But they did end up accepting it, as I have no doubt they would with you, were they still alive. It's rare to marry outside of our species, but not unheard of.

[ Frigga would have been concerned like she was with Jane, but she did want them to have love in their life. Who knows with Odin, honestly. He might have cared less for Loki's choice as Thor was the heir. It is better not to know with him. ]

Did they not? I expect you were far happier than any of the princes on Earth, then. [European monarchic marriage policies are

a lot.]

Will it not be such a burden, then? My humanity?

[ Thor doesn't note that it's probably because his father, who did disapprove of Jane, knew she'd be dead within 80 years or so, and therefore barely was a concern. He didn't intend to speak much of the age difference, so he pauses when it's put out there. ]

I would never call it a burden, and my brother is not impulsive, he would not agree to marry you if he felt that way. But you do know about the lifespan difference, yes?

Quite extreme, I believe.

And leaving me the much easier end of the bargain.

Our father was over five thousand years old when he died. Loki and I are fifteen hundred. It can be daunting to some people, but if it does not bother you, then that is what matters.

That's quite something. I, on the other hand, will be quite lucky for every year I live past the age of 40.

It seems a small thing to be overly heedful of in matter of the heart.

I agree. Having decades with someone you love is far better than having no years at all. You do seem like a special person, William. I can see why my brother feels drawn to you.