Loki wants to hug Solar. But even though they do seem to be reaching their captor, he still doesn't trust it enough to let his guard down entirely and not have a hand free for a spell if needed. He settles for squeezing her hand back and leaning against her.
Snippets of thoughts and memories swirl in his head. Talking with Thor, apologizing for- killing him, and Thor just smiling and telling him that as long as he wants to make up for it and make things better, Thor will always accept his efforts. How happy he's been with Thor since then. Imaginings of his apology to Agent Romanov for betraying her trust and how he hopes he will accept it if she never wants to talk to him again, as long as he's said it.
Thinking more specifically about the current situation. He wouldn't have accepted an invitation right before the kidnapping, but when he had been a prisoner of the fae... He might not only have accepted, but also tried to convince the entity to extend the invitation to all the Stolen, and convinced them to accept.
He won't help the entity build a new Diagad now. The wounds are too much. But he could have. He could still even help solve problems, as long as there's some middleman to go through. He's still angry, but he will walk away if an accord can be reached, and encourage others to do the same. There's something of a warning in there, too; "the Voidtreckers have defeated you time and again, if you take advantage of mercy, they can end you for good". But with that is a tacit acceptance of the possibility that they'll receive mercy.
One final thought, which causes him to shed tears. What if Solar wants to stay? Will he accept that? It's hard to answer that question, but in his heart, it's Yes. For her.
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Snippets of thoughts and memories swirl in his head. Talking with Thor, apologizing for- killing him, and Thor just smiling and telling him that as long as he wants to make up for it and make things better, Thor will always accept his efforts. How happy he's been with Thor since then. Imaginings of his apology to Agent Romanov for betraying her trust and how he hopes he will accept it if she never wants to talk to him again, as long as he's said it.
Thinking more specifically about the current situation. He wouldn't have accepted an invitation right before the kidnapping, but when he had been a prisoner of the fae... He might not only have accepted, but also tried to convince the entity to extend the invitation to all the Stolen, and convinced them to accept.
He won't help the entity build a new Diagad now. The wounds are too much. But he could have. He could still even help solve problems, as long as there's some middleman to go through. He's still angry, but he will walk away if an accord can be reached, and encourage others to do the same. There's something of a warning in there, too; "the Voidtreckers have defeated you time and again, if you take advantage of mercy, they can end you for good". But with that is a tacit acceptance of the possibility that they'll receive mercy.
One final thought, which causes him to shed tears. What if Solar wants to stay? Will he accept that? It's hard to answer that question, but in his heart, it's Yes. For her.