[Loki laughs softly.] Oh Billy. Such a lawyer when it suits you. That's my trick.
[That thought, that realization, gives him back some semblance of self control. He feels sick, and shaken, and the renewed grief cuts like he has swallowed one of his own daggers. But he's had to talk enough that he has calmed down to something that seems almost rational. It's hard to explain oneself while screaming, after all.
He uncurls his fingers from Billy's cloak and lets him go.]
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[That thought, that realization, gives him back some semblance of self control. He feels sick, and shaken, and the renewed grief cuts like he has swallowed one of his own daggers. But he's had to talk enough that he has calmed down to something that seems almost rational. It's hard to explain oneself while screaming, after all.
He uncurls his fingers from Billy's cloak and lets him go.]