By the lake

[reindeer_games]

Loki has mostly been keeping to the area around the lake since his escape from that damnable cage. The few times he has ventured back indoors have been met with conflict and anger, so it is much safer to remain outside.

Not only safer for himself, but for his children in the lake. It will still be some time before they hatch and become able to defend themselves, so for now, Loki keeps watch out for any who may wish to do them harm. He saw no predators that might do so within the lake, but it is not those within the lake he fears. The father of his children is more than capable of frightening off any curious fish that may wander too close for comfort.

Loki has made many enemies in his time, and there are few he would trust not to harm his children. It is those for which Loki keeps a vigilant eye, prepared to do what it takes to keep them away from what is his.

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[areyoumyjolly]

"Why did they place you in a cage?" she asks.

"They sometimes steal mermaids, back home, and carry them away in barrels, never to be seen again."

[reindeer_games]

"Because I tried to show them how wrong they are about so many things," Loki says. "But I escaped, and now they search for me and would destroy my children if they found them. My children are innocent in this, but these people care not for these things. The sins of the father are the sins of the son to these people."

And he sounds like he believes every last word of it.

[areyoumyjolly]

"They will not get at them!" Tamara declares. "Perhaps I ought to bring a few of my sisters after all if they try. And if they can't come through, at least some spawn so there will be mermaids later."

She does believe him -- she has finally found somebody who is on her side!

[reindeer_games]

"You asked me earlier if I could take on fins and scales," Loki says.

It's a question he answers by stepping up onto a large, nearby rock and letting himself fall into the water. When he resurfaces, he is wearing nothing at all, and has taken on an overall (albeit, male) appearance to match Tamara's.

[areyoumyjolly]

"You can!" she says, laughing with delight. "And very handsomely so!"

She swims back into the deeper water, and beckons at him...

[reindeer_games]

He laughs right along with her and dives into the depths after her. This form is one that is not familiar to him, being half man and half fish, and it takes him a few minutes to truly learn how to make it work. But once he does, he's able to keep up with her with ease.

[areyoumyjolly]

And she is so not seriously trying to escape.-