The babe squalled, tiny hands scrunched into fists, kicking off their blankets. The Midgardian child reminded Loki of his own youth, how Odin could have left him to die a child of Jotunheim but chose a different destiny for him.

Loki scooped up the small child, noting how the crying stopped immediately, and murmured, "Worry not, little one, you're not alone anymore."