Chapter 4: Questions
"The question is,
What color will
Everything be at that moment
When I come for you?
What will the sky be saying?"
-the book thief
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They all sat in silence after Thanos finished his story, the room feeling empty and void of hope. Pandora has grown accustom to the feelings that followed after Thanos stories, memories of when Thanos first brought her here to his desolate home planet.
"My sweet Pandora do you know why I tell my stories?" Thanos asked looking deep into the girl's innocent ice blue eyes, he loved the look he saw staring back at him innocent and timid.
"No Master I don't" she said looking down at the ground hand clasped together in front of her.
"Sweet Pandora please think of us as equal, but the reasons behind my stories is simple you see I can see into their minds see their past their weakness just like you can my dear, and I tell them my stories so they will open up to me and see we are not that different." Thanos said to the little girl putting his huge hand on top of her head messing up her hair in a fatherly and playful manner.
The memories brought tears to her eyes and a ping of pain to her heart, Thanos found her he said a child left alone abandoned and took her in and raised her as his own, She remembered Thanos told her of his family and his loss.
Thanos voice brought her back as she looked about the table blinking her eyes rapidly trying to find her voice and if she was to be honest she felt rather stupid as she looked at the faces looking back at her both showing concern, pulling herself together remembering the sudden rush of strong emotions is part of Thanos spell he uses when telling his stories.
"I'm sorry I just got lost in my thoughts, I'm fine continue."
Both looking away Loki didn't look so convinced but he look away none the less to look back to Thanos waiting for what he had to say next.
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Loki felt the influence spell so that told him that Thanos didn't know much about the skills of spells and how they worked to cover up the traces that the spells leave behind and spells being a form of magic Loki could sense it, after all Loki does had magic running through his blood, Loki sat waiting for Thanos to get to the question he knew was to follow.
Thanos sat up straight and said, "I know you're a sorcerer and one of the most powerful and the fallen king of Asgard." Loki's jaw tightened at Thanos words.
It was Loki's turn to sit up straight lifting his head a burning anger in his eyes, "I was and still should be the rightful king of Asgard" his voice gone dark and threating
"as well you should be but as it turns out at the moment you're not, but you can be again and I can help you if you help me."
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Pandora could see the nerve that Thanos hit with in Loki she told Loki about this, but his desire for revenge was so deep it clouded his mind. She needed more time if she was going to stop the horrible fate they all would come to suffer. Thanos looked to Pandora as if sensing her distress and turned back to Loki as said, "I don't request your answer now I will give you time to conceder what I have to offer you, you will stay here as our guest Pandora will be your host for I'm out a lot… handily business that must be attended to she will show you to your room and you and I will talk some more in a few days"
Loki just nodded his head in agreement, Pandora just watched in confusion. She has never offered this to any of the others, she knows she should be worried but all she could feel was relief at the extra time she had to convene Loki to now be drawn into Thanos offer without telling him what she has seen to come. She could only hope he would listen to her.