"Neat," Ben said, immediately annoyed with himself for using the word neat, like he'd just hopped off a time machine from the 1950s. He felt that warranted further explanation, considering the weirdness (and probably impertinence) of his question. "I always liked Norse mythology. I mean, I'm not an expert but for an entire year I read everything I could get my hands on. So uh... Long story short, I guess, cool nickname."