7 September 2014
After years of slumber, he chooses to speak to us with a picture, a drawing of some sort of creature. Really, it's nothing any creature I've ever seen. Could it be a chitauri?
9 September 2014
I admit to a certain amount of excitement over Loki's slow awakening. I have to be careful, though. At this point, it's difficult to tell what this development - what I'm pleased to call his ''progress"- signifies.
10 September 2014
While Loki napped, following his afternoon sedation, a healer called Deirdre took it upon herself to replace the dragon's missing eye. Even after living so many years in this realm, it can still surprise me when a seemingly trivial act can trigger such a remarkable reaction.
Loki woke from his nap and began to sob histerically.
"Tell me, prince, what's wrong?" pleaded Deirdre. "What is it, dear?"
In an instant of semi awareness, Loki spoke a sort of poetry.
Into the void again, we hurried along our way
Into a once glorious planet now seeped in dark decay
He continued to cry, and it was only when Deirdre plucked the newly stitched eye from the dragon's face that Loki fell back into his customary state.
I compare her responses -and my reaction to it- to the person who daily tosses a pebble into a pool of still water. Day after day, the pebble plunges to the murky bottom, causing a few nearly imperceptible ripples. One day, however, the pebble miraculously strikes a fish. are the odds other than incredible to ponder? And what are the effects - compared to the ripples. Healer Deirdre, to follow the analogy, struck a fish in the pond today.
I don't know whether to cheer at this response -any response- or grow alarmed over the intensity of his emotional outburst. At least we discovered one thing: he can still speak.
11 September 2014
When he is so inclined, Loki can draw. This morning I was greeted by another of Loki's artistic phantasmagorias. What is he rendering? I can only think it's a depiction of his nightmare of Hel.
12 September 2014
Two demented youths hung themselves side by side in the palace last night. As a result, I couldn't devote any time to Loki or any other patients. There was some dissention from the people about not wanting these suicides to be buried within city limits. After some discussion, they relented. It was agreed to bury the boys separately in a clandestine fashion.
