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"Thank you Mr. Horn-Head!" Squeaked the child shrilly, before it's mother collected it and ran into the nearest building.

Loki sighed.

"Children these days, no sense of propriety. Once upon a time I used to command respect! Your Lordship Loki, Master Loki, Loki the Great- even Mr. Loki would do!"

"I keep telling you," Spiderman grunted, swinging over the snapping jaws of the dinosaurs, "that all went down hill when Kennedy refused to wear a hat at the president's inaguration."

"What?"

"Never mind." He punched another raptor in the neck.

"Is there a particular reason you summoned me here mortal?"

"Yeah well, I was kind of short on help. The Avengers are in Europe dealing with Doom, The Fantastic Four are out exploring the Dimention-whose-discovery-is-overshadowed-by-the-fact-that-it-happens-every-other-week, the X-men have gone underground, Daredevil is on the west coast, and I would call Deadpool, only I think this is all his fault to begin with."

The norse god looked at him steadily, expecting more.

"That and your new apartment was right next to the first explosion. I thought it might be another magic-y mumbo-jumbo thing."

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