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Journal 2, Entry 34: "Searching"

Hakon marched down the plane's stairs, glaring at Fury who was on the tarmac to meet him. "What is so important, Fury, that you couldn't do it over a phone call? I'm a bit busy."

Fury had to work not to flinch at Hakon's haggard appearance. "I can see; however, it is of dire importance."

He gestured to the open car door and Hakon reluctantly entered, Tor jumping in behind him and curling up on the seat with his head in Hakon's lap. Fury slid in and noted Hakon stroking Tor's head with distant eyes, Tor licking his hand and doing his best to keep him grounded.

Fury frowned and closed the door. "You aren't dying on me yet, are you?"

Hakon snorted. "No. There's just been… some family issues."

Fury nodded and didn't push. "So long as Stark's not dying again."

Hakon glared at Fury but he didn't look over at the elder man. The look melted off Hakon's face a second later and he laid his head against the headrest. Eleven months had passed since Loki's disappearance and it was draining.

From dealing with Jör to the bouts of shocking connections with the bond only to be slammed shut again and locked out…It had happened five times. Each time Hiccup would jolt with the flood of openness from Loki only to double over in pain as Loki practically screamed through the bond and pain like nothing else leaked across. His fear and desperation came with that pain—his desperation to protect Hiccup from it and his fear of failing that. Hiccup always woke up at the Defender's island with Astrid and Toothless worriedly standing over him.

Whatever was happening to Loki wasn't good, they couldn't find him and it was turning Hiccup into a wreck—add Jör onto all of that…

They drove in silence until Hakon finally recognized the road they were on and turned to Fury. "Why are we heading to the Tesseract's bunker?"

Fury looked over at Hakon with a carefully neutral expression. "The Council has decided that it's needed again."

Hakon's eyes narrowed. "Unfortunately, that's out of their jurisdiction. The Tesseract and everything that pertains to it are under my sole authority."

Fury frowned and looked away from Hakon, appearing a tad remorseful. "They have moved and voted to revoke you from SHIELD leadership, given your age…And everything that was under your authority is now under theirs. You are still a part of SHIELD and can have a voice but they are relieving you of many of your duties."

Hakon turned red and he stared out the front window, holding Tor tightly as he shook with rage. After a minute he managed to hiss out, "Why do they want control of the Tesseract?"

Fury glanced at Hakon again, skin prickling as it always did in a dangerous person's presence. "I assume you've heard about the incident in New Mexico?"

"Yes." Hakon said sharply, still refusing to look at Fury.

"They want a way to defend against that… thing. It has become apparent to us—to them that we are hopeless against an invasion and that we are clearly not alone. We got lucky that this wasn't a hostile attack against the town."

Hakon snorted and continued to glower. It was undoubtedly a Hydra plant who pushed them to that decision, which sat even less pleasantly with him. "And what do they plan to do with it? Create weapons like Hydra did? I see that going well."

Fury did not even flinch at Hakon's accusation. He had his own misgivings about such weapons given the source's checkered past but it wasn't his decision and he could agree that they needed something to fight enhanced beings like Thor's people, and even the Kree without leaving the area desolate and radioactive for decades after. "It's not my call but it is needed. I can offer you a middle ground, Hyse. You can work on it with our scientists. We are planning on calling in Selvig to work on it too."

Hakon tensed. Rejection was on the tip of his tongue along with the threat to steal the stupid thing but he took a breath and thought about it for a moment longer. Clearly this was being pushed by Hydra. However, everyone else was eager to comply given the start Thor and especially the Destroyer gave them. And if he worked on the Tesseract, then he would have first and clear access to anything that came from it. He could tweak or destroy reports, findings, and discoveries if they became too dangerous. It would also give him a way to search for Loki.

Almost as importantly, it might finally give them a trail to the head of Hydra. His hands clenched. Just thinking about it sat uncomfortably with him, reminding him of Schmidt and his demanding Hakon to help or trying to trick him into it.

Fury turned to look at him when he let out a long breath, glaring at the floor mats so intensely they were liable to start melting. "Fine." Hakon ground out. "If only to ensure you don't do anything stupid with it."

Fury sighed and relaxed into the seat, not that anyone could tell he hadn't been before. "Glad to have you onboard."

Hakon scowled at Fury and he pitied the Council if they ever decided to check on progress personally. Hakon would attack them mercilessly, even if it was only verbally. Secretly, he hoped to see it—they always grated on his nerves.

Tor whined and nuzzled into Hakon's chest, flooding the bond with comfort.

Hakon sighed and rested his head back again. Astrid wasn't going to be pleased, none of his children were. Not with him taking an extended undercover again for Odin knows how long— not as long as last time during the war, that was a given, but still. That would leave dealing with Jör solely to his descendants and with every bond attack, he was becoming more and more unsettled and vengeful. Many of them were too fearful to come near him already.

He hugged Tor, burying his nose in the coarse, yet comforting fur. He would give Fury access to the Tesseract then take a trip home so they could plan and make contingencies…and ultimately a way to steal the Tesseract that wouldn't arouse suspicions and point to them. It had remained out for far too long already. Deep down, he feared that it was part of the reason Loki had disappeared, and somehow he knew it would be the reason Loki would reappear.

Tony was just as excited to be back in the Archipelago as he was on the first trip. However this time, his uncle didn't fly with him, opting to meet him there. His enthusiasm was quickly curbed when Hiccup greeted him, looking worse than he does fresh from rolling out of bed.

Hiccup was reluctant to heap his worries on Tony initially, but he was too tired to deal with Tony's nagging and quickly gave in, explaining everything as he led him down to the docks.

Tony was in equal awe and worry over the tale until Hiccup wryly smiled that was now always lined with tiredness. He turned to follow his uncle's gaze as water crashed back down to the ocean not far in front of them. His eyes bugged as he staggered back, gripping Hiccup's arm as a gargantuan head rose out of the waters. "Th-that's a big dragon."

Hiccup chuckled and stepped off the dock onto the tusk, holding out a hand for his godson. Tony took it without hesitation, still looking the dragon over as Hiccup introduced them. "Jörmungandr, Tony. Tony, Jör."

Tony followed Hiccup up the giant's head to the crest and sat, Jör rumbling in satisfied pleasure with his Commander's son in his presence again.

Tony perked up after overcoming his shock. "Jörmungandr? If Loki's real, does that mean…?"

Hiccup laughed loudly, the notion feeling so foreign as of late. "In a way. He's definitely not biological, but they are from the same Realm."

He dove into the explanation of Dýrsvells and Jötunheim, relishing the illusion of normality, that his father wasn't suffering somewhere.

It eventually began getting dark and they left, much to Jör's displeasure. Tony sauntered next to Hiccup, making idle conversation about the Outside. "So I'm building a tower in New York, it'll be a nice upgrade from our current campus. Not to mention it'll be a spectacular test for my new arc reactor."

Hiccup glanced at his chest that once again held the reactor. "That tiny thing is going to run a building? A skyscraper?"

Tony snorted. "Good Thor, no. It'll have to be bigger along with a few tweaks to keep it stable with the constant power draw, but it'll certainly save quite a bit of money on the power bill. New York is a bit ridiculous."

Hiccup grunted a laugh.

"So, any fun projects here? Can I finally see these wondrous magic-tech inventions you keep talking about? I'm really keen on seeing the teleporting one."

Hiccup patted his back. "Sure…though, let's start with the ones that aren't possibly going to leave you stranded in the Gobi Desert."

Tony huffed and rolled his eyes but easily accepted.

Hakon followed Fury through the labyrinth of the decommissioned NASA base. Torbjörg huffed quietly by his side and he stroked his fingers through the thick fur. "Yeah, I don't like it either bud."

Some of the SHIELD agents stared at Tor as he chuffed then grumbled but Hakon only chuckled at the doggy ramblings.

They finally entered a large chamber that Hakon couldn't quite tell what its past use was for. It was relatively sparse with only a few machines and the silver case sitting on a trolley. He glared at the innocent case, dozens of plans already running through his mind of how to secret it away.

Fury saw his look but didn't comment on it and walked over to the case, grabbing it and turning to the elderly man. "Care to greet your new coworker with me?"

Hakon huffed, sour look still aimed at Fury, but followed him with a wave.

There was a tired huff and a relieved sigh as they entered the tunnel again and a greying man smiled nervously at the pair. "So you're the man behind all this? It's quite a labyrinth. I was thinking that you were bringing me down here to kill me." He chuckled nervously.

Hakon snorted. At least they would get along with similar humors.

Fury scowled at Hakon, but focused on the other man, setting the case down so he could approach Selvig. "I've been hearing about the New Mexico situation. Your work has impressed a lot of people who are much smarter than I am."

"I've had a lot to work with." Selvig shrugged. "The Foster Theory, a gateway into another dimension."

Hakon bit his lip to keep silent and expressionless. This poor man had no idea.

"It's unprecedented." Selvig said, then frowned when Fury tilted his head. "Isn't it?"

Fury turned and walked back to the case but Hakon stood in his way. His mouth narrowed as he glowered silently at Hakon.

Hakon held his glare and said quietly, "Fury, don't do this. It's a mistake."

Fury continued to pin Hakon with an unwavering stare so he finally sighed and sidestepped reluctantly. Fury stood next to the case and unclasped the latches. "Legend tells us one thing, history another. But every now and then…we find something that belongs to both."

Fury moved behind the case as Selvig cautiously approached and opened it, revealing the glowing blue cube inside. Both staring at it entranced and intrigued.

Hakon silently gasped as it reached out for his magic, it trilled at his presence though all the humans heard was a constant hum. It was so much harder to ignore now that it was only a foot away.

It had always called to his magic in ways that the others never felt, not even Loki. He'd learned some years ago that it wasn't odd that the Tesseract pulled on his Æsir over others. After the last World War, when he'd gone to visit the Ancient One and voiced his concerns—it was rather unsettling that it could reach out and affect him when he wasn't anywhere near its vicinity.

She had smiled then had a small laugh at his expense. "It calls to you because both your Æsir and its core long for the same thing."

He'd frowned and set his teacup down. "How do you know that?"

She closed her eyes, seeing something behind her eyelids. "You know that I protect the Eye of Agamotto?" He nodded despite it being a rhetorical question. "It calls to my magic. Others might feel its presence, or the lure of the power it contains, but I feel it. Feel its longing and every fluctuation as if it was my own heart beat."

Hiccup's eyes narrowed in thought. "How do you… how do you figure that?"

She smiled mysteriously. "Through much time with it. I have long sought to know the future, to prevent my past from repeating. I sought to know time, to aid it. You have never been able to stand confinement, always on the move and exploring. You need space. That is why the Tesseract calls to you."

Hakon tore his gaze away from the cube after what felt like an hour, not the few seconds it had been, hands fisting and one gripping a handful or Tor's fur. Tor whined and nudged his side. He took a breath and dove into the Familiar bond, desperate to escape its call.

Fury looked over at Hakon curiously but otherwise ignored him, assuming his odd behavior to be from unpleasant memories.

Selvig's eyebrows rose as he looked at the cube then back at Fury a bit nervously—the cube's constant humming shifted into an incessant whine.

Fury looked down at the cube. He'd never heard of this happening, then over to Hakon, hoping he could offer an explanation.

Hakon shrugged, not looking at the Tesseract. The whining eventually calmed down again. "It's temperamental."

Fury didn't appear very convinced nor Selvig comforted, but both accepted it.

Selvig took a breath and a step back. "What is it?"

Fury smiled, shoulders squaring. "Power, doctor. And if we can figure out how to tap into it, maybe unlimited power."

Hakon snorted and Fury shot him a look that told him to 'zip it'. Hakon huffed and looked down at his four-legged friend. "If he's not careful he'll start sounding like-"

He felt the Tesseract pulse, but the humming from it never changed—however, a different magic leaked out from it. His eyes darted to Selvig, to whom the foreign magic tentatively latched onto.

He vaguely heard him say, "Well I guess that's worth a look."

His magic was reaching out for the other, a familiar feeling emanating from it, before he realized what his Æsir was doing. The magics brushed together and he gasped—it was Loki's magic! Well, almost. Something was off about it and in the second they connected, terror and crippling pain shot over the brief bond. Loki's magic reared back in fear and disappeared.

Hakon wasn't aware enough to realize he'd cried out in pain from the connection and was now doubled over on the floor, Tor whining and curling around him, both magically and physically. Fury stood over him speaking, but he heard no words, before looking away and shouting for a medic.

Hakon bit his lip as he tried to stop the tears. His magic reached for the Tesseract's, desperate to bring Loki's back, to find him. Torbjörg hissed and wrenched his magic away, curling their bond protectively around it. Unlike his other half, he could tell that the fear was directed at Hiccup, at his discovery.

Hakon passed out, only distantly aware that Fury was swearing up a proper storm with Selvig kneeling next to him.

Hakon tapped the pen relentlessly on the table while he stared blankly at the sheet with a half drawn blueprint in front of him. After months of simple testing of the Tesseract, Fury was getting pressured to jump to the next step and Selvig, who'd been looking at Larson's redacted notes and fresh with memories from New Mexico, suggested trying to recreate the Einstein-Rosen Bridge.

It made sense, Hakon privately admitted, why Selvig would suggest looking into such a course, but was unnerved by the utter delight of the Council. It only solidified his theory that there was a Hydra plant among them but the Changewings still could not identify who it was. All their backgrounds were solid, even more so than those within SHIELD.

At the same time, it was tiring as he was once again working for Hydra, helping them to create something while sabotaging it at the same time. However, he had to admit, it was a nice reprieve from the Archipelago and the growing ire of Jör.

Tor bumped his side and growled, dropping down onto his front legs with his butt high in the air and tail swaying playfully.

He chuckled and stood, sweeping the papers away and following his best friend. Torbjörg bounded away and through the tunnels back to the surface where there was a small park for the families of those stationed here.

Terribly hot sun greeted him as he opened the door and he grimaced. They just had to choose a desert location. Tor grunted then ran out, running circles around the grassy patch. Some of the younger children squealed and chased after him.

Tor woofed and slowed, tail wagging happily. A little girl tapped his side when he deliberately slowed then turned heel to chase after the group. He tapped an older boy with his nose then tore off through the play equipment. The game continued for a while and Hakon watched them with a smile, hiding his deep set worry.

They returned to the lab after Tor was sufficiently tired to take another nap and greeted Selvig, who stood next to the Tesseract's case. Some cables were attached to it and connected to a prototype energy containment field—a similar concept to the shields he'd made for Steve and his group.

He joined the other lead scientist and looked over the prototype before nodding to Selvig. He hit the switch and connected the machine to the Tesseract.

Hakon felt the Tesseract pulse at its usage and stretched his magic out carefully. He kept a hold of Tor as he stared unseeingly at the Tesseract, instead, seeing through his magic.

Selvig gasped and his eyes widened, scrambling to take readings and run diagnostics as the cube hummed louder and the power output tripled.

Hakon didn't move as the Tesseract curiously wrapped around his magic. Hakon thrust a question through his magic and stared in wonder as the Tesseract thrummed, whisking his 'eyes' away. Hakon gasped quietly as he was pulled away from Midgard, out of their galaxy entirely. The Tesseract happily guided his magic, a thread connecting them longing to do more than that, through many galaxies.

Hakon felt his heart flutter. He could find Loki—he could really do it now!

He cried out in pain as the connection was abruptly severed and someone stood over him, screaming at him for some reason. He came to his senses to Fury shaking him by his shoulders, still shouting.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? I thought you had more self-preservation than Stark!"

Hakon blinked and looked owlishly at Fury. "What?"

Fury stared at him for a moment before he drug in a long breath. "What were you trying to pull, Hyse?"

Hakon looked over at the Tesseract but the case was once again closed and all power from it cut off. "I—what happened?"

Fury's anger drained away to be replaced by concern. "You were about to grab the Tesseract when it was practically on fire."

Hakon turned away, vaguely remembering its desire to do—something more than just showing him where Loki was. He shook his head in uncertainty and Fury sighed.

"From now on, there's going to be a perimeter around the cube." He stormed away, ordering men about and creating new guidelines. He was at the edge of the lab before he whirled back around. "And Hyse! Go see a doctor. I don't need there being undiagnosed side effects."

Hakon quietly snorted at that, but conceded and nodded apologetically at Selvig, leaving with Tor at his side.

Selvig smiled at him but it was worried before his attention was quickly stolen by the new readings from the Tesseract.

Hakon sat in Tony's lab, the two of them fiddling with his armor. Tony turned his helmet around, still eyeing it in disbelief despite his uncle countlessly showing him how his own helmet worked.

Hakon peeked up and laughed quietly when he spied Tony situating the cowl then squinting in thought. A second later, the helmet snapped around and covered his head. Tony yelped at the suddenness of it before calming, the helmet then retracting.

He took the cowl off and stared intently at the runes Hakon carved. "I'm going to figure this out."

Hakon shook his head with a grin. "Well, when you do let us know, hm?"

Tony spun the metal around and laid it on the table for JARVIS to scan. "Definitely. And then I can hold it over your heads that I figured out the science-magic connection first!"

Hakon snorted and looked up for the gauntlet. "Not that big of a deal—no one in the Archipelago has looked into it that much. They're the same thing to us."

Tony snorted and wagged his finger at his uncle. "No, no! You are not taking this away from me. And if they haven't figured it out after all these years then that's their loss."

Hakon shook his head again but said nothing.

Tony turned away from the table while JARVIS ran the scans. "So, how did you manage to get Fury to let you take a vacation from his super-secret-totally-not project?"

Hakon winced and set the gauntlet down. "Well, you have too many adverse reactions being near the Tesseract, and he gets wary."

Tony's eyebrows raise. "Are you okay?"

Hakon nodded but he was deep in thought. "I'm fine. It's really my own fault for constantly reaching out to it with my magic but…I felt Loki's come through it and-and I've been trying to find him. Except I can't get access to it when no one is around—Fury guards that thing more relentlessly than Schmidt guarded the Valkyrie. It's a bit terrifying. So I have to try when there's people around and…yeah."

Tony's nose wrinkled in disapproval at his uncle but understood the sentiment. "So, have you found him yet?"

Hakon gripped the gauntlet and Tor stood from his bed with a whine, nudging his knee. "No. It…the Tesseract knows where he is I just—I can't stay connected long enough to find him." He looked up and stared blankly out the small windows in the lab. "I've seen the same galaxies and constellations a dozen times, now—I know they're the same, even if I can't name them. I just, I can never reach him. Wherever he is, he is way beyond Yggdrasil and any galaxy that we know of."

Tony set a hand on Hakon's shoulder and smiled sadly. "You'll find him, uncle H, I know it. You gotta, I wanna meet him. With all the stories I've been hearing we need to have a proper pranking spree."

Hakon didn't say anything for a long moment and Tony turned back to the table. He picked up the cowl, holding it and willing it to form back into the mask. He smirked when it did and looked it over again.

"Have you ever tried a long range connection?"

Hakon's forehead furrowed. "No…never been an issue."

Tony smirked, a knowing gleam in his eyes that Hakon soon adopted.

Hakon gripped Tor's shoulders as he stood back up, wiping grease and metal shavings off his hands and onto his pants. Tor leaned against him and sniffed, looking up worriedly. He smiled and scratched his ears. "I'm okay bud. Just staying in the act."

Tor snuffed and shook his head, looking back at Hakon knowingly.

Hakon sighed and rolled his eyes in irritation. Hiding anything from his familiar was even more useless than trying to hide it from Loki. A pang hit his chest at the thought and he paused his walk to the control panel to stare at the ground. He bit his lip, blinking several times at the painful thought.

He jumped when a hand landed on his shoulder, startling him out of his remembrance. "You okay? You look a bit pale."

Hakon turned to see the newer blonde agent Fury had assigned, some specialist. He narrowed his eyes as he took in the man. He was familiar…he almost sucked in a breath at the recognition. He was Fury's second best spy, Barton he believed. "Yeah, old bones."

Barton smiled and walked with him to the panel. "If you say so. You're Hyse, right?"

Hakon nodded, gazing out at his petal like energy catchers. "One of them."

Barton chuckled. "Well I'm Clint. Nice to meet you. Nat has complained my ear off about you. I think she's got it a bit wrong—you can't possibly be that much trouble."

Hakon turned to see him through the corner of his eye. "Oh, how would you know that?"

Clint smirked. "I've been watching you. Other than a bizarre but well known relationship with your dog, you seem pretty mild mannered to me."

Hakon grinned mischievously. "That's what us old geezers want you to think."

Clint nodded, hand coming up to hold the strap of the quiver. "Ah, so you're just playing nice."

Hakon flicked a few switches and knobs, running it through some dry trials. "Possibly…You any good?"

Clint gasped, as if terribly offended. "Am I any good? You won't find a better archer around!"

Hakon hummed. "I don't know, I know some pretty skilled archers. Not bad myself, though I do prefer swords."

Clint squinted at Hakon before turning away to watch the machine go through its trial runs. "Hm, guess I'll have to meet your friends and uphold my title to fame."

Hakon nodded absentmindedly. "I wish you luck then."

Clint's lips quirked but didn't quite smile.

"Going back to your perch now?" Hakon asked without looking up from his consul.

Clint's eyebrows rose, not many noticed him hanging out in the rafters. "Probably, easier to see everything from up high."

Hakon nodded and shut off the machine with a satisfied grunt. "Agreed. Better view too."

Clint turned to Hakon, surprise in his eyes. "Not many usually agree with me."

Hakon smirked. "Well I don't exactly fall into the 'normal' category."

Tor chuffed from his curled up spot around Hakon's feet.

Clint laughed. "It's nice to know I have at least one supporter of my high ground views."

You have no idea. Hakon shook his head amusedly. "Shouldn't you get back up there?"

Clint shrugged. "Probably, but you've been down here for a while and Fury's given me plenty of warnings about you."

Hakon groaned loudly, looking up to the ceiling and shaking his head. "I'm not just going to drop dead."

Clint pat his back. "Probably not, but I'm not about to defy his orders."

Hakon bobbed his head to the side. "Can't blame you."

Clint nodded pointedly as he turned, walking back to the ladder. "Nice to finally meet you, Hyse!"

Hakon rubbed his temple as they locked the Tesseract back up. The machine held but only barely. What was more worrisome was, with continued use and exposure, the Tesseract called out to him all the more.

He held onto Tor as he walked away, intending to look over the designs for the energy harness and seeing what he could give and what he could stall. It was clear now that Hydra had a heavy hand behind this operation, one of the assisting scientists was not doing even a decent job trying to coerce him into fully re-creating the shielding he'd made for Steve and the Howling Commandos, design and technology he'd taken back after the end of the war.

Tor woofled, peering up at him when he placed more weight than usual on his friend's shoulders.

Hakon winced and gave his ears a quick scratch. "Sorry, bud. Working with the Tesseract takes it out of me. I'll head to bed early tonight."

Tor nodded with a decisive yap and tried to herd him down the hallway to their sleeping quarters. Hakon laughed at his familiar.

"No, not right now, Torbjörg, after I look over the results."

Tor huffed, tail flicking unhappily.

An hour later Hakon was ready to call it a night. He rubbed his chest where his magics liked to coalesce, as if he could rub away the ache. His Æsir was becoming weary of the constant searches through the Tesseract, and often the abrupt break from it when Selvig or another became concerned by his stillness.

They had apparently taken Fury's word of warning far too seriously since they would bother him even when he was across the room from the Tesseract and made no move towards it. He'd considered asking Tor to fend them off, but that would only make the already twitchy agents even worse.

He rubbed his eyes again and flicked off the light when his com pinged. He sat back down with a huff, not bothering to turn the light back on. "Yes?"

There was a beat, whoever it was no doubt surprised by his tired and irate tone. :I can call back, I just thought you'd like to know we found him.:

Hakon frowned and looked at his wrist. "Found who, Folke?"

:Rogers. Some fishermen came across some bizarre ice with metal protrusions as they were breaking through the ice. Hiccup, he's alive.:

Hakon stared into the blackness, mind utterly blank for a long moment. "A-alive?"

:Yeah. He's a bit frozen but readings pick up a hint of life. SHIELD's transporting him right now to thaw him out.:

Hakon was grateful he was already sitting as he slumped into his seat, a wet laugh escaping him and his eyes glossing over. "Thank the Norns."

:I have to go. No telling how long it's going to take to unthaw him, especially using Outsider means, but I'll call when he's ready. He'd probably like a familiar face.:

"Thanks Phil." Hakon sighed and the call ended.

Tor grumbled and stuck his snout against his other half's cheek and licked the tears of joy.

Hakon laughed again, a bit deranged, and hugged his friend tightly. "They found Steve, bud. They finally found him."

Tor wiggled and barked happily, running a few quick laps around the chair before stopping with a chuff and shaking his head—nudging Hakon out of it and towards the door.

Hakon chuckled and gently held on to his shoulders. "Okay, okay, bud. I'm headed to bed."

Tor huffed and nodded once, bumping Hakon further down the hallway.

Well, we've had our fun with the Tesseract again, onto Avengers now.