"Oh very well," Loki snapped his book shut and turned towards his brother, "what manner of contest are you dragging me into, then, brother?"

"Just you and me!" Thor said with an almost hopeful grin, and Loki felt a sliver of his temper ease even before- "A race?" Thor suggested, and the rest of Loki's annoyance dissolved at the gesture from his very competitive brother - after all, Loki always won races.

". . .very well," Loki agreed with an amused twist of his lips, "to the moon and back?"