[IC] Post-TDW (WS/EC compliant)

[thatboyisamonster]

[ man, did Loki just appear in your quarters ]

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[thatboyisamonster]

I am not so good to deserve that.

[scienceping]

Nevertheless, you have my affection.

[thatboyisamonster]

. . . I know.

[scienceping]

I am ... pleased that you came.

[thatboyisamonster]

I thought -- I felt you deserved to know that I . . .

[scienceping]

...

[thatboyisamonster]

I chose.

[scienceping]

... I believe I had known that you would.

[thatboyisamonster]

They took everything from me.

[scienceping]

And that influenced your decision.

[thatboyisamonster]

I could have saved her!

[scienceping]

[small frown again]

How? You were confined during the attack, were you not?

[thatboyisamonster]

If they hadn't imprisoned me, I could have done far more to help her!

[scienceping]

Loki ... calm your mind.

[thatboyisamonster]

[ he hisses, breathing heavily ]

[scienceping]

[threads his finger through Loki's hair, attempting to soothe him]

[thatboyisamonster]

They took her from me. I was not even allowed to see her. I could not even watch her leave for Valhalla. She was not my mother but she was mine.

[scienceping]

[continues to gently stroke his hair, speaking quietly]

... Please accept my condolences for your loss.

[thatboyisamonster]

It was a loss. Not just mine.

[scienceping]

Yet she has cared for you throughout your life. The loss is of a more personal nature than you would have me believe.

... I know what it is to lose a mother.

[thatboyisamonster]

[ quiet, wrecked ]

How could they, Spock? How could they do this to me?

[scienceping]

They no doubt thought the risk of your escape was too great if they had allowed you to attend the funeral rites.

[thatboyisamonster]

My family . . . what a joke.

[scienceping]

[stays quiet, but gently directs Loki to sit on the bed]

[thatboyisamonster]

I don't have a family. And it took this long for me to realize this.