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Disbelief.
Anger.
And then suddenly, her jaw dropped.
Realization.
A shaking hand pointed a finger straight at him.
Fear.
"It acknowledged you as Thor. You don't just kill Gods," Loki murmured. "You usurp them."
Godou said nothing first. Mjolnir vanished from existence, having served its purpose.
His lips sunk. He hadn't wanted to do this. His hand had been forced. He had allowed Loki to get too close, a mistake he wouldn't be making again. "Do you understand now, Loki," he said soberly, "just what I am? How dangerous I am?"
Before him, the concept of immortality did not exist. Before him, the idea of omnipotence was laughable. Before him, the title of God meant nothing more than a target painted on her back.
After fighting Gods for centuries, Godou could feel Loki's wavering heart.
Arrogance, derived from birth-given divinity and supremacy, crumbled.
Knowledge, gained from eons of existence, disproved.
Authority, granted by the natural order of the world, subverted.
It was a shame that so many of the Gods Godou had faced only experienced this enlightenment at Death's door.
"Monster," Loki blurted out.
Ah. A wistful smile crossed his face. She'd finally said it. Like he'd expected, she was no different from the rest. Deep down, he'd known all along. Despite their mortal shells, their leashed powers, and their simple lifestyles, they were still Gods. Their bodies might be human now, but their souls and minds were not.
No God would truly want to be mortal.
No God wanted to die.
And he was exactly the kind of entity that could turn their greatest fears into reality.
"I'm not a monster," he corrected her.
"Then what would you call someone that can slay Gods?"
"Campione."
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"I'm dropping out of the expedition. Ask Loki if you don't believe me."
Of course, Riveria didn't believe Godou. Loki would never let that happen. And why had Godou sounded so defeated and despaired? Wasn't everything going perfectly for the two of them?
They had been kissing!
Such thoughts ran through Riveria's head as she bounded up the stairs two at a time to find her God.
"Wait, am I the only one still confused by the whole kissing thing?" Finn asked behind her. "I thought you were going to grill him for information, but you just let him walk out like that!"
Something had happened, Riveria knew. Judging by Godou's demeanor, it hadn't been good.
"We'll hear it from Loki herself," she said firmly. "She needs us right now."
"How do you know?" Gareth asked, the stairs creaking beneath his weight. "She seemed perfectly fine the last time we saw her."
Riveria pursed her lips. "A woman's intuition."
The two men behind her kept quiet after that.
The door to the office was still shut. Riveria reached out to grab it, but then instantly froze.
A chill ran up her spine. What was this feeling? Beside her, Finn looked down to his thumb.
"Something isn't right," her Captain murmured. "It's weird. It's almost like we're about to walk into a fight."
"It's just Loki in there, right?" Gareth asked.
Riveria hesitated. Was this really a good time to talk to Loki? She shook her head. A silly question. They were a family. Of course it was.
She swung the door open.
She saw Loki immediately, sprawled across the sofa as if she had just woken up from a nap. "Loki!" she called out.
Then she saw the jar of Soma cradled in her arms.
Oh no.
"Loki, what happened?" She quickly rushed to her goddess' side. Loki's face was already red from drinking the divine wine, but the tear stains on her cheeks still glistened. Puffy eyes blinked out tears and gave her a pleading look.
Finn sulked as he walked behind her, kicking the shards of glass that littered the floor. Thankfully, he kept quiet, but Riveria couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed that he seemed more distressed about the state of the room than he was about their God.
"Kusanagi Godou," the God mumbled out in a slur.
Riveria winced. They'd kissed. But what had happened after that?
"Of course it's about him." Gareth groaned. "What'd the brat do, Loki?" he punched one fist into another hand. "Do you need me to teach him how to treat a lady properly?"
Loki's eyes widened in alarm as she suddenly sat up straight, nearly slamming into Riveria in the process.
"No," Loki said softly, as if she had sobered up all of a sudden. "No, don't. All of you. Don't go near Kusanagi Godou ever again.
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