[ It doesn't seem stupid to him. Just real lonely. ]
Sorta. Magic isn't really my thing. [ He is neither an expert on mythology or actual Asgardians, but he's pretty sure he never heard of Angela in any textbook retelling. ]
But Thor and Loki are here, so you could ask them about it. [ That's what he meant, anyway. ] Loki likes to talk.
So they're more magic than myth? [ though... myth itself is kinda magic, at least to nile. ]
I thought I'd seen the names around, but I just figured they had some nerdy parents. [ she met a kid named apollo once, and he had a sister named artemis. that was a little too much for her. ]
You know, I might have thought mine was normal like a month ago, but then I learned immortality was legit, so you probably have a point. [ and now they're here, where gods are real and so are super powers and lord knows what else. ]
There's weird shit that's normal for someone else everywhere. I'd drink to that.
[ Sure, he got mixed up in some strange things, but the person he was underneath all that was still ordinary. Or at least, that was how he felt, standing next to people who could throw tanks like softballs. ]
You got it the other way around. [ He rests his elbow on the table, gesturing. ] Sure, I got into some weird stuff, but anyone else in the service woulda done the same thing, if they woulda had the chance.
[ Hell, just shooting someone dead was an extraordinary thing, but he saw enough of that to know it was someone an ordinary person could swallow. ]
Most people are ordinary. There're just tricky times.
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No idea about the aliens, but I honestly hope there's something out there. Seems stupid to believe we're alone in any universe.
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Sorta. Magic isn't really my thing. [ He is neither an expert on mythology or actual Asgardians, but he's pretty sure he never heard of Angela in any textbook retelling. ]
But Thor and Loki are here, so you could ask them about it. [ That's what he meant, anyway. ] Loki likes to talk.
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I thought I'd seen the names around, but I just figured they had some nerdy parents. [ she met a kid named apollo once, and he had a sister named artemis. that was a little too much for her. ]
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[ Though as he says that, he realizes Thor might not have his hammer here. ]
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I'd probably be more skeptic if I didn't get stabbed in the neck and live to tell about it not that long ago.
Your universe is wild. Don't ask if that's a compliment or not, because I haven't decided yet.
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And no one gets to decide where they're born. Or when. That's just how it floats.
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There's weird shit that's normal for someone else everywhere. I'd drink to that.
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[ Sure, he got mixed up in some strange things, but the person he was underneath all that was still ordinary. Or at least, that was how he felt, standing next to people who could throw tanks like softballs. ]
Maybe it's different now.
[ He says lightly, like a joke. ]
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[ from one life to the next, to new worlds, nile's definition of normal definitely is no longer stagnant. ]
But I'll go along with it for you, if you want.
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[ Hell, just shooting someone dead was an extraordinary thing, but he saw enough of that to know it was someone an ordinary person could swallow. ]
Most people are ordinary. There're just tricky times.
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Yeah, you're right. I like that a lot more. It's all about what we do with that tricky shit.