Seventh Trick: Permavideo

[doeswhathewants]

[The feed turns on and Loki is drinking a Red Bull while he looks down at the NV, can in one hand, the device obviously in his other hand.]

Today is the same day as yesterday. This leads me to two very pertinent questions:

[He releases the NV to hold up one finger and the device floats up slightly level with his face] First question: Do the natives know about this?

[A second finger is peeled off his closed fist to join the first, two fingers held up] Second question: What is the probability of this happening tomorrow?

[The NV pans back slightly and Loki is standing in front of a jewelry store with a rather magnificent scepter and crown displayed. This does not bode well for our juvenile hero's moral choice system.]

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[doeswhathewants]

[His face is buried in your chest, just FYI, but he mutters out-]

That was just really... no one has ever said that to me before.

[reginagloriae]

[Nobody has told me that either, Youko realized. But she thought that was what her parents thought about her. That was why they were worried about her future.

She blushed when she noticed where his head as leaned on and shook him off lightly to kneel before him.]

Maybe not, but they could have thought about it.

[doeswhathewants]

Thinking it doesn't matter as much as saying it aloud.

[Allows her to shake him off and kneel before him, he just smiles at her, an open, warm smile, not the usual sly or smug expressions]

I care for you, too, Youko. And for that, I won't cause trouble and bring that sort of thing on you.

[reginagloriae]

Um, sometimes people speak through their actions.

[Youko says little nervously. Like she did when she had grabbed him when the building was on fire.]

Huh? You will?

[doeswhathewants]

I prefer words. Actions can be misleading.

Yes, I will try harder.

[reginagloriae]

Thanks... This means a lot for me.