[ Another wound, more than a dagger would be, that their universe sees Frigga alive, also. He should be glad that somewhere in some universe, all of his family is alive and happy as they ever were in his youth, but he feels only a greater loss of it.
The fighting, at least, is a nice distraction: an excuse to think quickly and in the moment, and not to dwell. Loki dives in, obvious in casting his intention even before the kick he takes, and Thor jumps over the kick easily, and brings his elbow unrelenting down as he drops to a knee with the strike, hard enough to scatted the sand like a shell dropping, the kind of hit that would've ended the fight if Loki hadn't disappeared through it. Because Thor knew he would. It's magic he's fighting with then, and illusions not dissimilar to what Thor knows. But when he raises his head and looks around the beach, there's no "real" Loki anywhere in sight, and nothing nearby to take cover by. And that's new, and has him frowning. ]
What, are you invisible?
[ That sounds like a pain in the ass to fight. He's getting stabbed in the back if it's true. The hair on his neck stands on end, hearing focused for any telltale steps in the shallows of the lapping ocean at his back. ]
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The fighting, at least, is a nice distraction: an excuse to think quickly and in the moment, and not to dwell. Loki dives in, obvious in casting his intention even before the kick he takes, and Thor jumps over the kick easily, and brings his elbow unrelenting down as he drops to a knee with the strike, hard enough to scatted the sand like a shell dropping, the kind of hit that would've ended the fight if Loki hadn't disappeared through it. Because Thor knew he would. It's magic he's fighting with then, and illusions not dissimilar to what Thor knows. But when he raises his head and looks around the beach, there's no "real" Loki anywhere in sight, and nothing nearby to take cover by. And that's new, and has him frowning. ]
What, are you invisible?
[ That sounds like a pain in the ass to fight. He's getting stabbed in the back if it's true. The hair on his neck stands on end, hearing focused for any telltale steps in the shallows of the lapping ocean at his back. ]