Thor could very honestly say… That he hated this.

He by far preferred training his body where it was about pushing through! He could ignore the pain in his arm and push through the swings of his hammer, just… Push through.

This though… The light bulb thing. Not only was it tedious but it was frustrating!

And worst of all, his own frustrations seemed to make it worse! When he was frustrated he couldn't even pick up a light bulb before it exploded!

Only at one point had Thor managed to make it light up, only for him to be so excited that immediately it burst in his hand, and his excitement had turned to anger, which meant the next hundred ones were failures to.. Of course.

And it had been five days now! FIVE!

"Thor, smashing the light bulbs with your fists. I will have to consider that cheating." Loki commented now standing in the door with crossed arms.

Thor growled annoyed.

"I can feel the static from over here, you are not really showcasing much control." Loki continued.

"I KNOW!" Thor shouted frustrated. "You're not being a lot of help though!"

Loki shook his head as he stepped forward. "Surely you must have noticed now, often you have treated your magic like a foreign object. I suppose it is a side effect of being so dependent on Mjolnir. Deep inside you started to consider your own gifts… Mjolnirs gifts. But they are not, they come from you." he stated pointing at him. "Your magic is not just a part of you, it is you! Your invisible appendix so to speak. And the way you feel, the way you react.. Has profound effects on your magic. Because it is you, not just some foreign object."

Thor looked at Loki then took a deep breath.

"Good, that's the correct way to move forward." Loki stated. "Calm yourself, it is your mind, your emotions which must be disciplined. In the past, you were always quick to act on emotions. You have gone far already, realizing it yourself when it is emotions rather than reason controlling you, and you gained the ability to step back and analyze. I witnessed it myself, it is the same here… It is not about pushing through. It is about control… And since your magic is you. It is about controlling yourself!"

Thor nodded. "Okay… I think I understand the logic in that." he stated.

Loki smirked. "I talked to mother, why they decided to make you so dependent on Mjolnir. Turns out you had far less control as a child than you do now, you would have destroyed all the halls every time you had an anger fit or a happiness moment if not for Mjolnir."

Thor bit his lip.

"That's not the point Thor, the point is your control has improved over the years. You are no longer that kind of menace even when not having Mjolnir." Loki stated. "You do have a level of control, what we are doing now is trying to archive even greater control. And… Well, your raw power is incredible. Just imagine if you were able to concentrate it by yourself, focus it… You wouldn't' have needed my help at all to defeat Hela."

Thor nodded. "I see… I… I think." he swallowed, then he reached forward and picked up another light bulb, he looked at it… And then it burst.

Loki smirked. "It's going to be a long journey though."

Thor groaned as he leaned back.

"Remember when I told you, when I first explored my ice powers?" Loki asked. "Making a giant block of ice is easy… Freezing over my chambers, were easy. Delicate works." he formed his hands and from it came what looked like a beautiful slender sword, complete with carved runes and ridges, a beautiful piece. "That's the hard part."

"You make it look easy." Thor had to point out.

"I spend many evenings in my chambers getting this down." Loki stated. "Remember when we were kids. I was being called a shut in, someone spending much to long in his chambers… Apparently your friends thought I was doing nothing. No Thor." he held the sword and pointed it at Thor. "Mastery of any craft requires countless hours… days… months! YEARS of practice to achieve!" he stated and the sword vanished. "You are very aware of this as well! When your arm was destroyed, you knew the only way to regain strength was practice! You knew you had to show up and train, every single day! You already knew! Your strength was honed on the training grounds. You are the strongest, because of all the days spend at that place. Now though, it is time to invest in other areas."

Thor sighed deeply, then he nodded. "I see." he stated, then he looked up. "You know, you are great teacher!"

"Well not that great, you haven't even made a light bulb light up on its own yet." Loki pointed out.

"No seriously, you should teach!" Thor stated. "I am willing to bet anyone whom had the privilege to study under you would become the most brilliant mages of the new generation!"

Loki halted, then he looked away trying to hide the smile on his face and the way his cheeks would turn darker blue when he was blushing. "I… I shall consider it. Perhaps at a time where I don't have as many pressing duties."

"Understandable." Thor nodded smiled amused then sighed as he looked at the box's of light bulbs… Lots and lots of light bulbs…. Norns.