1067. I swear to tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

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Loki of Asgard | MCU | OTA

[frostedire]

[thorgi]

Brother... I know you have been hurting. Will you tell me why? Tell me what it is that I have done so terible that you refuse to forgive me?

[frostedire]

What you have--you truly don't understand. For once in your life, it wasn't about you.

[thorgi]

Then why target Midgard, brother? Why bring it to the realm that I love?

[frostedire]

Because, brother, the Tesseract was left by the Allfather in the realm that you love. Take the matter up with him.

[thorgi]

Then there is nothing I could have done? No wrong that I could have righted?

[frostedire]

No. Nothing.

[The genuine pain in Thor's voice hooks into Loki's heart, but this damnable compulsion hasn't yet dragged that from him.]

...Midgard was necessary, but I didn't mind devastating the realm you love so much.

[thorgi]

I would never try to destroy the things you love just for spite, brother. I do not understand why you feel such need.

[Thor breathes a deep sigh.] If it wasn't to spite me, then, what was it? What made the destruction of Midgard so necessary?

[frostedire]

That is far from surprising.

[He bites his lip to bleeding, but he must answer.]

A distraction.

[thorgi]

[Thor's brows immediately furrow, not liking this direction.]

A distraction from what, exactly?

[frostedire]

To bring the tesseract back to Asgard. [Loki swipes at his lip and stares at the bright red.]

Stop.

[thorgi]

[Thor blinked, still confused. Bring the tesseract back to Asgard? He didn't understand what Loki would accomplish with that.]

The... Tesseract? Brother, why? Stop what?

[frostedire]

Stop asking! [The blessing of the second question means he can avoid answering the first, with an effort. He'll appeal to Thor's apparently boundless desire to avoid causing him pain.] Can you not see I am compelled to answer?

[thorgi]

[He furrowed his brows, a flair of anger rising up in him. He stepped closer to his brother, his lips pressed thin. The more he heard, the less he liked.]

Obviously, brother. I am not so daft as to think you would volunteer any of this to me freely. Why did you need to bring the tesseract back?

[frostedire]

[Loki resists the urge to take a step back and keep that space between them. And the urge to bite his tongue until he can no longer be understood.]

There are many jewels in Odin's treasure room.

[thorgi]

And you intended to steal them? Is that it, brother? What would you possibly do with gold that we could not have offered you? Why throw away a family that loves you such petty and selfish pursuits?