Loki could feel his heart beating rapidly away as the Norns continued to smile at him. If truth must be told, and Loki always told the truth to himself, it was slightly creepy and he felt the guilt heavy in his stomach. They knew, oh they always knew, what he had almost done, what he hadn't tried to stop but instead initiated. He almost destroyed an entire realm! Fratricide and genocide! No, Loki mused, he refused to consider those monsters his kin.
He felt slightly nauseous and tried to keep his face stoic. It wouldn't do to falter now. He had come too far. Instead he steeled his nerves and kept his gaze on them; willing him not to blink and break the silence that had descended on the hut. He had his pride.
The youngest of them; Skuld decided to break the silence
"Chaos-bringer, Lord of Fire, Mischief and Change" she began in a low raspy voice that sent shivers down Loki's back.
"You whom shall do her will and only her will, never to bow before others, how can you justify your betrayal?"
Loki could feel his mouth dry out. What reason could he possible give to the Fates when he himself didn't know? He had uncharacteristically lashed out in an emotional outburst and made no rational judgment these last few days. He hadn't acted like her favorite childe; instead he had acted like a spoiled one, like Thor his mind sneered.
Verdande of the present continued from Skuld:
"You have no reason Oathbreaker and for that we can give you a chance. The balance between the realms have shifted and the balance broken. The balance must be restored or else Ragnarok will come early" Here Skuld took over "It is not meant to come now, the worlds are still changing and first when they stagnate must our beloved Silvertongue bring forth the last change, though you are still a few children short"
The last bit was said playfully and Loki could feel his face get warm. A few children! His mind spluttered he had no children, nor any desire to get any!
At the look at his face, past, present and future broke into a laugh and Loki couldn't help but to smile along. They as well as he knew, that being the God of Chaos; he was completely asexual and could never perform the act; that lead to children.
"Whomever came up with that foolish rumor ought to be lynched" Loki spat out "Everyone with a half-brain should now that Chaos can both destroy and give life, but the epitome of chaos can never create for himself"
"So true, so true, young friend" Verdande said