[In some ways, he knows her too well. She'd hoped he wouldn't notice.]
I wanted to understand.
[All she's found is that there's no reason beyond habit; Asgard and Jotunheim had been at peace for centuries after the last war. It's just bile now, a poison, and maybe this is why Wanda keeps getting the impression that she was too late. Once he'd learned of his heritage, Loki must have been convinced she didn't exist until he'd stumbled upon her.]
I still don't.
[It seems like many cultures consider the soulmate bond almost sacred, and to deny its existence completely...that takes a deeply ingrained level of hatred. Some part of her wants to rip that awful lie away from everyone so that Loki might never hear it spoken again...but a lifetime's damage is still done.]
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I wanted to understand.
[All she's found is that there's no reason beyond habit; Asgard and Jotunheim had been at peace for centuries after the last war. It's just bile now, a poison, and maybe this is why Wanda keeps getting the impression that she was too late. Once he'd learned of his heritage, Loki must have been convinced she didn't exist until he'd stumbled upon her.]
I still don't.
[It seems like many cultures consider the soulmate bond almost sacred, and to deny its existence completely...that takes a deeply ingrained level of hatred. Some part of her wants to rip that awful lie away from everyone so that Loki might never hear it spoken again...but a lifetime's damage is still done.]