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What I wrote last night
Jan. 23rd, 2021 09:33 pm"Hire a guide?" Bjalfi asked. It seemed everything Loki said made him all the more suspicious.
"Yes," said Loki. "I assume silver still spends on this side of Utgard?"
"You have silver?" Bjalfi asked.
He was testing Loki at this point. And Loki was curious enough to let him.
"Enough for a guide," he said.
He watched Bjalfi struggle with this, turning something over in his head. "A, uh. Man of your stature might not be wise to go around announcing such things," he said.
Loki shrugged, lazy and careless. If Bjalfi was testing him, Loki could test back. "I think I can mange."
As the rough tension hung over the house, one of the women stood. "Let's put the children to bed," she said to the other.
Together, the two women wrangled up the children and ushered them to a partitioned area toward the end of the house, leaving the men to continue their talk. Loki watched them go, ready to call his knives should he need them. After a long moment of silence, Bjalfi moved closer to Loki.
"I will hide you, but if you put my family in danger, that offer will be revoked," he said lowly.
Loki nodded, not sure what he meant, and not wanting to question it. "Thank you," he said. He looke between Bjalfi and Hrapp, able to see the apprehension they held with their entire bodies. With the women and children gone, they showed it more readily.
"Yes," said Loki. "I assume silver still spends on this side of Utgard?"
"You have silver?" Bjalfi asked.
He was testing Loki at this point. And Loki was curious enough to let him.
"Enough for a guide," he said.
He watched Bjalfi struggle with this, turning something over in his head. "A, uh. Man of your stature might not be wise to go around announcing such things," he said.
Loki shrugged, lazy and careless. If Bjalfi was testing him, Loki could test back. "I think I can mange."
As the rough tension hung over the house, one of the women stood. "Let's put the children to bed," she said to the other.
Together, the two women wrangled up the children and ushered them to a partitioned area toward the end of the house, leaving the men to continue their talk. Loki watched them go, ready to call his knives should he need them. After a long moment of silence, Bjalfi moved closer to Loki.
"I will hide you, but if you put my family in danger, that offer will be revoked," he said lowly.
Loki nodded, not sure what he meant, and not wanting to question it. "Thank you," he said. He looke between Bjalfi and Hrapp, able to see the apprehension they held with their entire bodies. With the women and children gone, they showed it more readily.
