He waved her hand away as she tried to blot his nose clean, though he was smiling at her, still, so she would not be offended. "You needn't concern yourself. Unlike most princes, I can wipe my own nose," he said.
"My mother is a most impressive woman," he agreed. Which wasn't truly boasting; Frigga was the Queen of Asgard, and considered by most in the realm to be the most dignified and wisest individual there. She also had a habit, Loki discovered, of making more than just her sons feel welcomed, even loved. While Frigga didn't suffer fools, any friend of her sons was a friend to her, it seemed, so he didn't think Ruby had anything to worry about. "I just won't tell you who she is," he said, with a smile. "Or perhaps you've met her already and didn't know it. She's not that frightening, you know, and she's very kind."
The arrival of Ruby's grandmother was a very, very strange thing. It wasn't that Loki was unused to such introductions. It wasn't even that he was in a small town pretending he was just a regular passerby and not an interdimensional acquaintance. It was the fact that as the woman came forward - old, yes, but sure on her feet - and Loki extended his hand to her in greeting, he realized that the same things off about Ruby were reflected in her grandmother, as well. Was the whole town like this?
"Hello," he greeted, politely. "No, not very long, I don't think."
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Date: 2014-05-29 04:31 am (UTC)"My mother is a most impressive woman," he agreed. Which wasn't truly boasting; Frigga was the Queen of Asgard, and considered by most in the realm to be the most dignified and wisest individual there. She also had a habit, Loki discovered, of making more than just her sons feel welcomed, even loved. While Frigga didn't suffer fools, any friend of her sons was a friend to her, it seemed, so he didn't think Ruby had anything to worry about. "I just won't tell you who she is," he said, with a smile. "Or perhaps you've met her already and didn't know it. She's not that frightening, you know, and she's very kind."
The arrival of Ruby's grandmother was a very, very strange thing. It wasn't that Loki was unused to such introductions. It wasn't even that he was in a small town pretending he was just a regular passerby and not an interdimensional acquaintance. It was the fact that as the woman came forward - old, yes, but sure on her feet - and Loki extended his hand to her in greeting, he realized that the same things off about Ruby were reflected in her grandmother, as well. Was the whole town like this?
"Hello," he greeted, politely. "No, not very long, I don't think."