Light from the television flickered making shadows dance on the wall. Slowly, Loki navigated the dark apartment to find it's sole occupant asleep on the couch. Curled under a thrift store afghan, Darcy's breathing was deep and heavy. Loki watched as she slept soundly, unaware of her visitor. He had been half expecting choice and colorful words at his return, having been gone for some time. But then, time passed differently for him than for her. And he had made no promise to her. He would interrupt her life when it was convenient for him and if there were any grievances from her on the subject, she never voiced them.

Examining his sleeping pet closer, he saw smudges that marred her eyes and cheeks leaving dark trails down her face. The late night programming quipped and recorded laughter drifted over the coffee table quietly filling the silence. He frowned at the offense, ready to wave away the noise and light so he could admire her without interruption. An unusual sight caught his eye.

There, on the table at his knee, five little Midgardian contraptions were lined up in perfect formation. A straight and orderly row. They seemed so out of place in the messy, haphazard apartment, "organized chaos" her only explanation. He lifted one, inspecting it with a curious eye. Light-weight, presumably made from the human race's beloved plastic and about the length of a writing pen. Loki turned the object, scrutinizing it from every angle. On one length of it there was a small cutout and inside that a symbol. Two intersecting lines at right angles to one another in a pale shade of pink. He put the item back with the others, unable to contrive its purpose, and thought nothing more of it.

He considered, for a moment, waking the girl. He had made the trip with the presumption of stripping her naked and making her sweat. He wanted her clawing and moaning, swearing his name. Straightening up, Loki prepared to leave. He would return when he had the time, not knowing when that would come. For now, he left her there, quiet and undisturbed. In a shimmer of gold he was gone.