At What Price Respect

[brave_heart_verity]

Verity in the forum? Not a strange sight. Verity without coffee? Rather less common. Verity slumping, exhausted, into a couch? Unusual. Verity covered in scrapes, bruises, and dust? Definitely strange.

"Help isn't if it's forced on someone. This is true. Someone not in possession of all of the facts cannot give fully informed consent. This is also true. But nobody can be forced to listen." Of course Verity has things on her mind. Who here doesn't? "How do you reconcile that? Is ignorance truly bliss? Or do you do what's needed to save someone despite their choices?"

((A note before you come to play with Verity: she's got a magic spell stuck in her that lets her always know when someone is lying to her. This includes sarcasm and knowing when someone believes something to be true when it isn't. This doesn't include lies of omission. She can also see through illusions. Please respect this; if your character is trying to lie to her, please make that known so she can react appropriately. [I completely understand this isn't going to be everyone's idea of fun.] Thanks.))

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[brave_heart_verity]

"I suppose that's true. But there are easier ways to get an education." She'd take him home and send him to a proper school and pack him amazing bento lunches if any of that were remotely possible for either of them.

[damn_yourself_early]

But could public school teach him what he needs to know?

"Maybe," he admits, "but taking the easy ways is what got the old Loki in so much trouble."

[brave_heart_verity]

She was thinking more Avengers Academy.

"Probably true. There's a middle ground, you know, between taking the easy way and making things more difficult than they have to be. That's what you should be aiming for."

[damn_yourself_early]

That would be great, right up until Hercules drops by to teach the kids traditional Greco-Roman wrestling.

He grins. "That is what I'm aiming for. Thor's the one who likes the hard way, and he's good at it."

[brave_heart_verity]

She'd let him stay home sick that day. She would be an awesome mom.

"Is he?" Oh, sweet child, you have no idea. "You know what? I think we've both earned an ice cream break. Then we can think more about the serious stuff."

[damn_yourself_early]

Loki grins. "I won't say no to ice cream!"

[brave_heart_verity]

"Yeah, I didn't think so." Does he want her to carry him? Or is he too big for that?

[damn_yourself_early]

He'll walk, thank you. Well, run if ice cream is involved. "Let's go!"

See?