Thor looked into the starry darkness from the balcony beside where they were walking. "I have long harbored a feeling of uncertainty which has become dread. Something has not felt right for some time but I knew not what it could be. By my allies dost thou mean to call upon the Avengers? Surely the Nine Realms all face this peril."
Odin's warning actually put his son at ease. Now the dread had a justified face of some kind. "Dost thou speak of the Dark Elves, Father?"