Re: Esteem.
He would get there, eventually, Ran thought. It amused her that he was so on edge, for the king of such a kingdom. She took Nathaniel's hand: "You must be shadow." All the moisture in the air made a path from the lower level of the hated palace in Helheim, up to the surface, where she would transport them via the extremely traversable substance she reigned over. She was water, the king was darkness, and they disappeared into the moat around the fortress of Hel, only to reappear at the pond in the courtyard of Asgard.
"Go," she told him, needlessly. Why had Heimdall failed?