'Jotnar red and Aesir blue make purple apparently.' Sigyn explained, looking at Fandral fearfully, worried as to how he would react.

Vali giggled at his mother causing Fandral to notice him more as Thor chuckled whilst holding him. 'He looks like someone...Why does he smile like Sigyn?' He pointed to the baby before his eyes widened in realisation and he looked at both children before the adults again, primarily Sigyn. 'This is the part I was missing?'

'Yes.' She nodded, biting her lips together as she did so.

'No one saw you all that time because you were…and there are there two, how are there two?'

'Because they are twins.'

'You had two, at once?' Sigyn nodded. 'But you are so young?'

'Youth was probably the half of it, in all fairness.' Sigyn shrugged.

'And you are the father?' Fandral pointed to Loki, who stood silently looking at him.

'Oh, I suppose this needs to be done,' Sigyn gave an odd look. 'Fandral, this is Loki, and yes, he is the father of my children, Loki, this is Fandral, my fiance and that is so weird, I think it hurts.'

'I think it is weird for all of us.' Thor chuckled.

Fandral and Loki seemed to assess one another for a moment before Fandral extended his hand, Loki took it immediately. 'I guess I should apologise?'

'No, I should be thanking you. I have been made aware of everything and know that this is very much not something you were fully aware of, and though you knew that there was an element of danger to it also, out of loyalty to a friend, you are a good man.'

Fandral nodded slightly, seeing how Sigyn could indeed find herself liking such a man before looking at the children. 'So, if they have Jotnar in them….' He pointed to both Sigyn and Loki.

'Loki is half Jotnar.' Sigyn explained. 'The boys have obviously inherited some of the traits.'

'I think they are colder than normal babies, do they seem….' The glare his sister gave him made Thor reassess his words. 'You know what I mean.'

'"Normal" really? Could you not have said just Aesir?'

'Sig…'

'This is the same woman that turned you into a frog and threatened to leave you in a pond where birds that eat such creatures for laughing at her seidr and you are insulting her children?' Fandral pointed out.

'A frog?' Loki looked to her.

'I wasn't actually going to put him outside.' She rolled her eyes before looking at Narfi who seemed to be getting a little bothered. 'He needs to be fed, right?'

'Yes. I have everything they need here.' He walked out before coming back a moment later with two bottles, both twins immediately looking at him, bouncing happily at the sight of their bottles. 'These need to be heated.'

'How warm?' Sigyn asked.

'Not as warm as your skin.'

Sigyn's seidr glowed slightly around the bottles. 'Say when.'

'Thank you.' She ceased warming them. 'I really could do with that at two in the morning.'

'If I had been allowed with you, bottles would never have even been required.' Sigyn's tone was bitter, causing Loki to look at her sadly before bringing his arm around her and kissing her forehead. 'This feels wrong.'

'Sig….' Thor looked at her sadly. 'Fandral is right…'

'No, I can't.' Sigyn leant in against Loki.

'We will return, but for now, Father needs…'

'To go to Hel.'

'Sig…'

'How can you expect me to leave them now, I can't.'

'They will be safe until we can have you return to them, but you need to help make that happen. Is this all you plan to have them know of you, one faint memory that they are so young for, they may only think it a dream if they remember you at all. Is that what you want?' Sigyn said nothing. 'We will see them again, I promise, but for now, you need to...say goodbye.'

'I…' Sigyn swallowed, holding her son against her. Both children seemed to sense something was wrong, Vali stretched a small hand out towards his mother. His seidr, she realised, was more of a bluish green.

'We will return to them tomorrow.' Thor promised. 'I swear Sig, they will not be walking before you will be with them.'

'That is too long.' She kissed her son's head again before looking to Vali who seemed to want to come over to her too. She gave Narfi to Loki and took her older son, cuddling him to her. 'How can I possibly…?' She looked sadly at him, trying to take in every last detail of his features.

'Sig…' She looked at her brother sadly. 'I know, I do, that this is more difficult for you than I or any other can understand, but we need to go.' Sigyn could not let go of Vali, who seemed adamant to stay holding onto his mother. Thor swallowed and slowly went over to her, showing her that he knew what he was doing was wrong. 'I swear on Mjolnir, on my life, I will not delay your being with your children a moment more than is needed, but right now, we need to go.'

With tears in her eyes, Sigyn kissed her son's head, Vali looking at her and smiled as she did. 'I love you so much, my precious boy.' Vali gripped his mother tight, as though sensing she was going to leave go of him. Loki placed Narfi in a baby rocker so he could take Vali from Sigyn. Vali, seeing his father, went to him, but watched as Sigyn went over to the rocker and said a farewell to Narfi, who seemed only to be wondering where his bottle was. 'I will be back to you soon, my handsome boy.' She turned and walked over to Loki again, leaning in against him, Loki pressing his forehead to hers. 'There is only you.' She whispered. 'There can only ever be you, you have to know that.'

'And you.' Loki looked at her sadly. 'I love you.' He looked towards Fandral for a moment. 'If the Allfather tries to tie the ribbon…'

'It cannot work, you know what.' She smiled before leaning up and kissing him. 'I'll be home soon.'

'We'll be waiting.' He promised, not wanting her to leave.