For Asgard!

"Well, perhaps I can help you understand: Trapping your brother on Midgard under false pretenses is harmful. A little less playful mischief, a little more cruelty disguised as the good of all. Lying, deceiving, manipulating those who love you is not quite the festival fun sort either. Levelling an entire town with the Destroyer - I almost died then by the way, I was fully prepared to - is another harmful thing. Wanting to destroy an entire realm, even if it is Jotunheim, is one of the things which I think perhaps you should not do. I don't know, it somehow does not quite sit well with me. And before you ask oh what about Thor I know. He was a fool for trying the first time, and he paid the price." Sif sat up, legs folded one beneath the other, turned entirely to Loki. "Destroying the one method of transportation we have between realms which ensures the protection of them - also not a great thing. Shocking, I know, but it leads to invasions by groups we cease to be able to keep in check. As for the 'distinction': there is war, and then there is genocide. In war both parties agree to it, or at least have some knowledge that it is to happen. Those involved know and are trained for what is to unfold. In genocide, one party lays waste to everything and everyone, innocents upon innocents, while the other party has no hope of even defending itself - due to surprise, poor preparedness or simply because they did not do anything to cause such a thing." She could go on, but she had a feeling it would all fall on deaf ears.

"Your brother has been a horse's arse more times than I have had my hair braided. But whereas his actions stemmed from hubris and foolishness, you knew exactly what you were doing. Did you not? One of the downfalls of being the smartest, most collected person in the room is that you're expected to be so for the duration. As for what we do, we do not attack, we defend. I do, at least. So does your brother - now more than before, I'll admit - but it is what we stand for. It is what I stand for. And as I recall we were talking about my feelings in response to your actions, were we not? I know you can be better than that, if you just let go. You needn't go back to Asgard, you needn't think about us at all. Do what it is you want, find a path, but don't taint yourself further. Don't harm innocents. It's that simple."

There he went again, talking of it as if it was a done deal. An inevitability. Sif had thought, hoped, she might have gotten through to him. But when so little time later he spoke like this, she began wondering if she ever could. "Yes." She replied bitterly. Sif turned away from him, returning to a horizontal position with her slightly moistened eyes to the sky. "I suppose you will."