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drpalmer

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whose_son_am_i

"More force, not necessarily power." Loki corrected. "Otherwise, yes." Then he demonstrated for her. Before conjuring his own dagger and throwing it the same way, so she could see and compare.

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drpalmer

"That really shouldn't be so sexy." The ease he has with his daggers is hot. He hit the target dead center with no hesitation.

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whose_son_am_i

He laughed and moved so she could have more room and he could watch. "I've been doing this a lot longer than you. And in far less controlled circumstances."

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drpalmer

"Still shouldn't make it sexy." She laughs before trying with her first knife. It makes contact with the target but bounces off.

The second is better and sticks, though not where she was aiming.

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whose_son_am_i

"I should probably worry about this dagger fetish you have." Loki teased her gently. Watching as she practiced, and again making an occasional correction.

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drpalmer

"I'm a surgeon, is it that surprising?"

She gets better rather quickly, getting a feel for the distance.

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whose_son_am_i

"Point to you." Maybe it wasn't that surprising. She was managing to have her blades stick more, from this point. Once she'd thrown the other 11, he moved to retrieve them and his own dagger, so she could keep practicing.

"Once you have a feel for this, we'll focus on accuracy. I will say I want you to try once with your own dagger, so you can start having an idea of what you'll need to focus on."

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drpalmer

She does another round of the throwing daggers before she summons her own.

"I've gotten very comfortable summoning this."

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whose_son_am_i

"I hope it's through practice, and not need." There's an eyebrow raise, and an implied question of 'has she been alright?'

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drpalmer

"Yes it's been through practice. I've not needed to stab anyone." She chuckles. "I do feel more confident going home at night."

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whose_son_am_i

"Good. I hope it stays that way, although knowing me, it likely won't." Not that he would try to harm her. "So now, feel free to try it which ever way your comfortable with, for you own dagger."

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drpalmer

"That sounds intimidating." She knows he doesn't mean himself, but rather all the enemies he tends to have.

It takes a moment of feeling the balance of her blade in her hand before she tries it. The weight is very different, but she's also more familar with it. So it doesn't hit center, but it does hit the target.

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whose_son_am_i

"Very good for your first throw with your own blade." Let it not be said Loki wouldn't praise her as much as he demanded she be a good student. "You're getting the idea now. At this point it's more practice, and practice, and practice some more."

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drpalmer

She summons her dagger back to her. She does enjoy the praise, it always feels quite satisfying.

"I'll need to figure out a place to practice in New York, maybe the sanctums garden."

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whose_son_am_i

"Considering it's to help you learn defense, I doubt the Sorcerer will mind." It was a good idea, and Loki was pleased she would practice. "Now do it again." They still had a few hours, and only when she seemed like she was having problems from fatigue, did he plan to stop.

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drpalmer

He worked her as hard as she worked herself. She kept at it, throw, summon, throw, summon for well over an hour before her shoulder started to ache.

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whose_son_am_i

Her last few throws had been wobbly too, so he was planning to call a stop. Letting her do one more throw that just barely hit the target, before they called it quits. "I think that's enough for now. You are, once again, a quick study." Loki moved to retrieve the practice knives, and places them and the target away. "So now, you walk it off and we get some food."

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drpalmer

She sends her dagger back to it's home in New York. The knives and target are put away and she can't resist taking his hand for a quick moment before they leave.

"I am starving. Food is very appreciated."

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whose_son_am_i

"Food we shall have." With a grin, and squeezing her hand when she took it.

Out of consideration for her aching shoulder, Loki once more had food sent to his rooms. He asked Christine to be honest about what and where she was sore. If needed, she was ordered for a quick soak, and if further wanted, he massaged her shoulder. Simply enjoying being around her, and touching her, and having her there. It was subtle, but in his mind he'd shown weakness to Sif, and it bothered him. Not enough to do much about other than chew on it a bit, but it still occupied his thoughts. It bothered him, and it also bothered him that he wasn't more bothered by it.

But Christine was important to him, and he went over what he'd observed that she did well, and what she needed to work on. Filled her in more on what his 'plan' was, and who he would be sending she and Sif after. Like he'd stated, their goal was to talk to those among the Asgardians who might wish to strike back--and make it clear that any such action was not going to be tolerated or entertained.

"Honestly if we want to fight among ourselves, that's preferable. What we don't want is to give our enemies any fuel they can use to point to us as potential invaders or a problematic force or anything that will make our position less secure. The people you'll be speaking with are young, and Asgardians when younger are a bit bloodthirsty. But if things go right with what I'm doing the more inflammatory of our enemies will collapse from in-fighting. We've already had other efforts in motion to prove we are intent on helping, not taking over." A shrug, and Loki was surprisingly blasé about the topic. "Honestly we don't have the forces to take over--not in any sense where we could keep our hold over Earth. Even if that would be the more obvious solution. Besides, Thor doesn't want to rule Midgard--I'm not sure he entirely wants to rule New Asgard. I think he's unsure what he really wants, but is doing what he feels he needs to."

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drpalmer

She has both a brief soak and a massage and they serve her shoulder well. The muscle tension is gone, and she gets the plus of being touched.

"That isn't the obvious solution you know? Humans greatly outnumber you." And don't take well to attempts at takeover. "That always stuck me as a problem with royalty. You're born into it and get no choice in the matter."

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whose_son_am_i

"Them outnumbering us is why it's a bad idea, besides which that we're a force of mostly civilians and families." But he's curious. "What other solution strikes you as most obvious?" He was preparing the list for Sif as they talked.

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drpalmer

"A peaceful arrangement with humans? Instead of jumping straight to conquest."

She's flopped over on his bed after eating and having a massage.

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whose_son_am_i

"That's what we have currently, Sweetling. That's the route we've taken." Making sure he had names, and photos too, before putting it all in a neat envelope for Sif. Then coming back and sitting by her on the bed. Close enough that he could stroke her hair, trail fingers down her back.

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drpalmer

"And I, as a representative for humanity appreciate it."

She turns her face to smile at him.

"Compiled all of our sneaky info?"

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whose_son_am_i

Moving to stoke her face and cheek, Loki smiled too. "I have. Whenever you're finished please feel free to come back here and relax. I can't say how long my own errand will take."