"Erhm Loki. Can I talk to you for a bit?" Thor asked in a tone which was a bit insecure.

Loki was sitting with crossed legs and a book in his hands. "You are talking to me Thor." he pointed out.

"Right… What I mean is. Can I ask you a question?" Thor asked.

"You just did." Loki replied.

Thor rolled his eyes. "Do you have time to answer a question?" he finally re-phrased.

"You are literately my king. If it is your demand, it is my duty to make time." Loki answered, still looking down into his book and not at all at Thor.

Thor looked at Loki. "Loki are you doing this on purpose?"

Loki smirked lightly. "Now… Why-ever would I do that?" he asked finally looking up and closed the book. "So. What is it you desire to ask?"

"Well erhm. Look I understand if you don't know, you probably don't." Thor admitted. "But you know, I originally come from a different timeline."

"Yes, the place you came from is actually the prime time-line. This one is a fractured part." Loki nodded.

"Okay… Those two time-lines. They are still kind of connected right?" Thor asked. "So people who met in the original timeline. Is it just more likely they are also going to meet up here?" he asked.

Loki tilted his head. "Thor, all I can give you here are theories and hypothesis's." he admitted. "How-ever, since this is the fractured part. I would think this timeline is doing its best to re-align itself with the prime one." he admitted. "People who died of natural causes in the original timeline will most likely die at the same time here. People who were born in the prime timeline will do their best to be born here as well at the same time. Fate will try to work its ways around these issues. And I shall imagine there will be many instances where this counts. Let me guess, you have just witness's such an instance?" he said.

"Yeah.." Thor admitted. "In the original timeline, I joined this group of heroes on earth. And now they are all here. Ones again we are all collected, being at the same time at the same place. That's quite the coincidence isn't it?"

"Oh that's why this city is crawling with midgardians now." Loki sighed. "I was wondering what was up with that, it's an outright infestation." he muttered. "Maybe you can remember, at this time in your original timeline. Were you all together as well?" he asked.

"Let me see." Thor frowned. "It's the summer after my failed coronation.." he stated then his eyes widened. "By the norns."

"So you were?" Loki asked.

"Yes! At this time in the original timeline, you were invading New York and we all met for the first time to defeat you!" Thor gasped. "Everyone who was part of that battle is here! You, me, Tony, Steve even agent Coulson!" then Thor paled. "Oh no."

"What?" Loki asked.

"Agent Coulson… He… He died in the original timeline. That doesn't mean that he… Will it?" Thor asked.

"Did he die of natural causes?" Loki asked.

"Errhmm." Thor halted.

Loki glanced at him with red narrow eyes. "Thor." he demanded.

"Well, erhm. You see." Thor squinted his eyes. "You… Kind of killed him."

There was silence, Thor looking at Loki and Loki looking back at him. So much silence.

"Wait." Loki asked. "Are you saying this group of people… All of them. In the original time line, at this point in time. Was fighting… Me?" he asked.

Thor nodded slowly.

"Even the Hulk?" Loki asked.

"Especially the Hulk." Thor had to admit, at ones Loki stood up from the spot. "Loki?" Thor asked.

"I… Think I shall make myself scarce for the day." Loki informed.

"That was the other time line though. The Hulk likes you now." Thor pointed out.

"Regardless. People might feel inclined to act like their other selves in the original time line. I rather not take such a risk." Loki informed promptly.

"Loki… Are you scared?" Thor asked.

"I can't help it!" Loki exclaimed. "I am apparently effected, I did feel something off all day. So that is why, in the original timeline I was at battle at this time! Wait a minute." he blinked. "Are you saying that these are the people I fought against? And I lost?!" he asked.

"Well… Aye." Thor admitted.

"How could I loose?!" Loki asked. "I mean, yes you are the mighty Thor of course. But I have a knack for grinding your gears. The Hulk is strong, but he is simple like a child. Tony is a child. If I attacked I must have had a plan right? And I lost in a day?! To these people? Are you serious?"

"Well, I think it's because you underestimated us." Thor admitted. "And I think you're doing it again right now."

"What did I do? Full frontal attack on earth?" Loki asked. "That's… not a good plan that would never work. No, if I were to take over earth..." he started to speculate. "Win their favor first, offer them goods… Ask for the price later. Increase their dependence on the goods I give them so they would be forced to submit. It would probably take a hundred years or two, but it would be the best way."

"Loki… Please don't talk about taking over earth." Thor asked.

"Don't worry I have no such interest." Loki waved dismissively at Thor. "I was just thinking. My first concern is Asgards well being and well… Father left me with the project of finding peace with Jotunnheim which is its own gargantuan conundrum. I don't think I will have the capacity for much else the next thousand years."

"Well that's…. Good." Thor blinked.

"Now if you will excuse me." Loki informed. "I shall be somewhere at the top of the mountain until tomorrow where this feeling of dread ought to have passed away."

"Erhm Loki. If you really are connected like that to your other self, what he did at the time. It may take some time still before you.. You know, wont feel that dread." Thor had to remind him. "I told you what happened after right?"

Loki halted. "Oh yeah… Prison. All of that."

"It wont happen here Loki, you changed your ways." Thor encouraged. "You proved it! That people can choose for themselves. Just relax, join them. Bruce, Tony, Pepper and Steve already likes you! Tony outright adores you. And he despised you in the other time line!"

"Despised?" Loki asked suddenly silent.

"Oh… erhm." Thor halted. "What… What I mean is." he swallowed. "Erh."

"Thor… Was I despised in the original time line?" Loki asked.

Thor halted, then he sighed as he closed his eyes.

Loki nodded. "I see."

"But don't you see Loki?" Thor asked. "This proves it. Because you are acting different, peoples view on you have changed! You really do have the power! And you are using it right now! To change everything! Peoples opinion of you haven't changed because of me, it has changed because of you! Because of how you acted. You didn't have to help Bruce or the Hulk, but you did! You don't have to do half the things you do for the Asgardians, but you're doing it! And people love you for it now. Everything is different! Because you put in the work!"

Loki smirked. "You make it sound like it was everyone who despised me in the other time line." and Thor silenced, slowly Loki looked up at the quiet King. "Thor?" he asked.

Thor sighed. "Most people." he had to admit. "Both at Asgard and earth."

"Oh.." Loki halted.

"It... It doesn't matter now does it?" Thor asked. "As I said, it's different. You chose differently for yourself right?"

"Heh, I guess I kind of deserved it in that other time line huh?" Loki smiled wryly, though he did seem a bit unsteady.

"Maybe- I don't know." Thor admitted. "But you don't deserve it in this one. Please, join us tonight at the feast. Show them who you are now, a man worth respecting."

Loki sighed deeply. "Fine." he finally stated. "But I really shall go collect myself now, I'll see you later." he nodded and Thor nodded.

"Okay Brother." Thor smiled lightly.