Author's Note: Greetings. I'm back and motivated (that's going to dissipate soon though.)

Chapter 10: Persevere

Jane awoke to a loud knock on the door.

She had a moment of panic. What does S.H.I.E.L.D want to take from me now!? Haven't they done enough? Oh God, I'm in my pajamas. I'll look like an idiot. Should I change? What if they break down the door? Oh, wait. Erik went out, it's probably him.

She stumbled sleepily to the door of the caravan and opened the lock and pulled the door open to see Loki letting a seemingly unconscious Erik lean on him.

"Is he- is he OK?"

"He's fine. He just had a bit too much to drink. There's a very useful spell for this. I had to use on my brother several times after feasts. I would use it if I still had possession of my sedir but alas." Loki said, setting Erik, who was now giggling about a 'rainbow pony on the Rainbow Bridge', down onto the sofa.

Jane was furiously trying to clean everything. God, I live in such a mess. What is a freaking prince going to think?! She gave up and asked him to join her outside.

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"I managed to acquire your notebook from their offices. I know it is not what I promised. I apologize." Loki said handing the object to her.

"Wow, thanks!" she said, flipping through it before frowning. "S.H.I.E.L.D is gonna try and get this back, aren't they? I think I should just start a new project. Maybe the possibility of further manned space travel Mars maybe-"

"No. You should persevere in your learnings as you are right about the Einstein Rosen Bridge. Let me show you."

He took the book from her gently and started drawing something on a blank page that he'd found. "I have studied magic for centuries and know that very few Midgardians would be able to understand this level of sedir which is what your people call science. You do, and you should persevere to turn your ideas into reality."

"What's that?" she asked, pointing to his sketchings of a...tree?

"This is the way my mother explained it. There are Nine Realms all connected through the branches of the Yggdrasil - the World Tree."

He continued with his explanations late into the night.

Author's Note: A rather short chapter but it's mainly so we can move on to Thor's little story arc.

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