"No, I'm actually not," Loki said. "I never was." It was infuriating that Thor still insisted on that lie, as he had on the Bifrost.

But of course, it would make sense that they would try to convince him otherwise, try to tempt him into thinking that there was still a family, that they'd ever cared for him as something more than a potential tool and a damned inconvenience.

He fought the urge to stand and start pacing. "There is no fixing something that was a lie to begin with."