Loki returns to the clifftop in Norway. If Odin could hear her - perhaps he can, too. Post-Ragnarok.

Loki has never asked for redemption. In the wake of his imprisonment, its uncertain beginnings are forced upon him, by the woman he once named Mother and the brother he must now call King.

Thor and Odin are not the only witnesses of Frigga's end. Loki sees, too - and he will never forget. [Based on the extended scene of Frigga's death in TDW.]

It occurs to Loki, as his head is forced back for what must be the tenth or eleventh time, that the physical torment is little more than a way of keeping up pretences. [Post-Thor/Pre-Avengers]

He paced to the middle of the cell, and with a long, unsteady breath, let the knife point rest gently against his chest. It felt odd, like the soft, uncertain touch of a finger against his skin. Loki closed his eyes. [Post-Thor, pre-Avengers]

Thor had sworn to himself that he would not do this - whatever his father said, he would not drag Loki back to Asgard in chains. So why now is he fitting the metal over Loki's mouth, trying fiercely to ignore the apprehension in his brother's eyes?