Re: But he was my trouble.
"Nothing of the sort," the mischievous one insisted. "I am merely searching for a thought, an idea... any clue as to what I might be able to do to win her favor, even if it's just for an evening, or a week," he smirked a bit at the lack of magnitude in his goal. He was a realist, for certain.
The tall deity looked down upon the shorter one across the table from where she'd been working, and he sighed. "I've spoken to my brother, but he feels there is nothing to fret about. I'm well aware that goodness is shown through deeds and not words, so I have been striving to do well by our family, and the kingdom." His lips pursed and he felt like backing away from the edge of the cliff he was about to take a leap of faith from: "Baldr wants me dead. By all rights, even if he's wrong about what I did to him, I should be. I don't wish to cause Thor any more pain or conflict... and," you know, "I also don't want to die." Simple as that, really. "So, if you have any insights on how to help improve morale in the royal family, please share them. If not now, sometime later? You can heal wounds, goddess, but can you mend torn bonds?"