The walk they take is brief in duration, embarked upon so as to keep all other distractions at bay. This had not been the first time that Odin had welcomed the seed of another progenitor into his household, though it would be the last, for he had his fair share of sons already.
“How are you adjusting to your new accommodations?” He enquires, making an attempt at small talk. The fires of hell had raged furiously, nipping at his heels as he took the demon’s shire, barely a boy, from Blackheart’s clutches, his blessed spear still wet with the fiend’s spilled blood.
“Should you require company, I can task one of my sons to handle this task.”
All he remembered was he was going to be shown something. Truth be told, he didn’t even know what that something was in all reality, but this was different. He couldn’t place his finger on it; nor did he think it mattered.
Rage filled his very being at being taken away from the place he knew until now, but he still hadn’t fully developed a sense of self yet. Just the burning hatred for everything around him and the red and black he knew to be family.
Here everything was different – people (more so like himself) were here. Something he didn’t understand, but wasn’t exactly too sure to comment about. There were no creatures like back home, but he wasn’t even able to understand about what they truly were. Not yet at least. “Different,” he managed to get out as he glanced to the ground. Of course, the mention of company was unknown to him at the moment. He didn’t even know what it meant if he was being truly honest with himself. A reason to why he asked. “Company? Whats… that?”
He fixes Ky with a cautious glare, mouth pressed into a thin line, but makes no effort to reply. He knew that the man’d find a way to throw it back in his face, rejected in the same way as all his other attempts at conversation had been. It’s why, on this occasion, which was his first visit to Ky’s quarters in a while that he showed up not to waste time on senseless debates, but to impart new information. “I had been, until Father bid me to return. He gave me instructions to meet him in the main hall of the palace, and meant for you to attend as well.” Stepping off to the side, he moved clear of the door as it spilled rays of sunlight into the darkened room. It crossed his mind to ask why Ky’lar preferred to see by shadows rather than the bright rays of daytime, but he let such thoughts go for now.
“Shall we depart? Or would you rather be escorted by royal guard?”
“I’d rather being doing several things,” he mused. To say them wouldn’t gain him any favors, but he knew eventually they would come out. Even so, his moods were turning darker, and it was all he could do to stay away from everyone. So, he chose seclusion, and trying to leave Asgard than actually bringing anything up. That way, he could deal with this on his own, and he didn’t have to worry about anyone else getting more involved than they already were.It might not have been the best of ideas, but it was the only one that he had. “However,” he finally said, sucking in a deep breath, and turning towards Thor, “I don’t need guards.” Part of him wanted to spit out that he needed space, but he managed to hold his tongue in check for the moment. No, if he was being asked for, it had to either be something important or… maybe it was just a way to get Ky out of his seclusion. No matter what the case was, he ran his right hand through his hair with a grunt. “Let’s get this over with.” Or, rather, the sooner they got it over with, the sooner Ky could come back to his quarters and ignore everyone. “Unless, you have something else to do first.”
“I thought you were out saving the day as always,” he said, not even bothering to look at Thor. No, he didn’t think that it was needed – not today. Maybe tomorrow or the next day. He just wasn’t in a good mood, but that could have possibly been attributed to the order that Ky wasn’t to leave the realm – not that it mattered to him. He’d broken rules before, but this time he had a feeling if he did this time? Well, it would be more than just a brief scolding.
Hellfirebound 