Bragi bit the inside of his lip, and pressed the corners of his mouth together to keep from laughing. The trouble with these things was that he could never quite manage it. In the beginning, he'd had a chance because Idun hadn't known him as well, and he was better at staying in character. He got progressively worse, and Idun knew him better, and now it was almost impossible to make her believe he was serious for as long as Bragi wanted her to believe that. In the end, this tease turned out like most of the others that came before it. Bragi's face broke out into a very wide very devious grin. He looked at Idun's expression for one last second, and then retreated backwards in that same flash, disappearing back into the parlor.
It didn't take much deductive work to figure out that he'd lost his guest, or where she'd gone. Bragi followed her out the window with the grace of someone who had climbed out of a few too many windows. He caught up with Sigyn, and then slowed his pace. “That was smart thinking back there” Bragi said. He smiled at her. “And you chose the third best window to climb out of. The best one in that room. The other one has brambles at the bottom.” He didn't quite know why she'd decided to exit in that fashion. He could think of a couple reasons, but he'd just met her that day and didn't know her well enough to narrow it any further.
“I'm terribly sorry about that back there,” he said. “When I first met Idun, we got off on the wrong foot almost immediately. Bad timing. She embodied outrage with her mouth open, and her eyes narrow and ablaze with the fire of a thousand hot coals, and her head slightly tilted in pure, undefiled contempt. Had she not also possessed more mercy and self control than you'd think she could fit in that many inches, I might not be around today. That was the first expression I saw and I developed a fondness for it. I've never been able to resist any opportunity to tease her,” Bragi confessed. “She's spring, meaning she has to be good natured. Those opportunities are incredibly rare and hard to come by, and I tend to botch the follow through at the very end.” He offered her a warm smile. “Though it's too bad she interrupted when she did, and too bad that you had to politely sit through so much of that, without even getting the final redeeming bit for your trouble.” Bragi knew right when she'd left. Acoustics. “But I'm sure Loki will make that up to you himself someday.”