Here Loki, have the woman who was supposed to make sure her world's version of you didn't do that anymore. Fate or ill luck or a sentimental boy borrowing his future self's supreme power over magic gifted her with the curse that meant she could be Loki's one true friend. No more causing Ragnarok, no more burning Midgard to ashes, no more being alone.

Except for the part where he's missing and she's lost, but we don't talk about that.

She doesn't want to answer that question. The slightly guilty shift in her posture makes that clear. In her heart, she knows she wouldn't miss her mother the way society tells her she should. Her mother was her only protector and often her worst bully when she was a child, trying to smother the truth with a saccharine sort of love and a faith in mediocrity.

Better to challenge the premise and hope the question is forgotten. Even if he believes it, even if it's true, maybe she can change his mind. She'll never think well of herself, but that doesn't mean other people can't.

"How exactly is my mother's choice going to be on me?"