"You once said there would never be a wiser King than me. You were wrong. The alignment has brought all the realms together … Every one of them saw you offer your life to save them. What can Asgard offer its new King in return?" Odin asked Thor who knelt before him along with Loki.
"My life. Father, I cannot be King of Asgard. I will protect Asgard and all the realms with my last and every breath, but I cannot do so from that chair. Loki helped me to understand rule as I never knew it to be. The brutality, the sacrifice… It changes you. I'd rather be a good man than a great King." Thor said.
"Is this my son I hear? Or the woman he loves?" Odin asked.
"When you speak I hear Mother's voice." Thor asked. Odin smiled slightly as he looked to Frigga who smiled lovingly back at him. "This is not for Jane, Father. She does not know what I came here to say. Now forbid me to see her or say she can rule at my side, it changes nothing."
"One son who wanted the Throne too much, another who will not take it." Odin mused lightly. "Is this my legacy?"
"Loki fought with honor. I shall try to live the same. Is that not legacy enough?" Thor questioned.
"More than." Odin replied then looked to Loki. "I have done you many wrongs Loki, none of which I would ever ask forgiveness for when I know I deserve it not, but I hope that…that we can try and build the relationship that should have been."
Loki managed a nod not trusting himself to speak, surprised at his words, not yet knowing what he wanted to do. Thor looked down to Mjlnor and offers it back to Odin.
"It belongs to you." Odin waved him off. "If you are worthy of it."
"I shall try to be." Thor nodded.
"I cannot give you my blessing, nor can I wish you good fortune." Odin said although his eyes seemed to convey both.
"I know." Thor nodded.
"If I were proud of the men my sons had become, even that I could not say, I would speak only from my heart. Go on, my sons." Odin said proudly, both he and Frigga beaming at them both.
"Thank you…father, mother." Loki said as he and Tor bowed then they turned to depart Odin and Frigga watching both smiling proudly at their sons.