Chapter 10:Broken

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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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He let his thoughts take him elsewhere ,as he had so many times before.

Uncouth cretins!

Loki gasped for air,finally being turned on the water wheel,again,
softly picking up where he left off
when submerged.

🎶I stormsvarte fjell, jeg vandrer alene,
Over isbreen tar jeg meg frem,
I eplehagen står møyen den vene,
Og synger: "når kommer du hjem?"
Men trærne danser og fossene stanser,
Når hun synger, hun synger "kom hjem",
Men trærne danser og fossene stanser.
When she sings, she sings "come home",
When she sings, she sings "come home.🎶

"What is that incessantly annoying tune?"Legolas asked
his wife,"-he is surely mad."

Galadriel came down the dungeon steps,answering.

Ah,the souless sorceress who put this PET LEASH upon me!

"In storm-black mountains, I wander alone,
Over the glacier I make my way.
In the apple garden stands the maiden fair,
and sings, "When will you come home?"
But dance and the waterfalls stop,
When she sings, she sings "come home."
But dance and the waterfalls stop,
When she sings, she sings "come home".
When she sings, she sings "come home'."

"I'm impressed."Loki said, finally responding to something being said,giving her a wink.

"Careful, Asgardian."Tauriel warns."Lady Galadriel is not one for your games."

"Missing someone,trickster?"one
of the guards turning the wheel
asked,"-and if she were taken? Kidnapped?What then?"

Yes,I miss her most ardently,and I would not hesitate to end your
insufferable life.

"Finally ready to talk,devil?"
Legolas asks,pointing his sword
under Loki's chin,"-or shall we try the rack,pulling the answers from you as we do your limbs?"

"I am well aware-"

"-and there's always the Heretic
Fork.Perfect for a demonistic scoundrel such as yourself."
Legolas continued,cutting him off.

"Your threats hold no-"was all he
managed to say before being submerged again.

By the Gods!!!

They kept him under longer this time.

He came up choking out water and trying to catch his breath at the same time,flipping the hair from his eyes.

"Enough!"he commanded,"-what
a simplistic,BARBARIC era!"he chastised them all,"-how can you possibly fathom that ALL OF THIS is new to me?How naive you are!"

"Perhaps it's time to meet Visayas."Legolas said with a knowing smirk,"His powers of persuasion are legendary."

"Yes.Threaten our queen?Our family?"Tauriel turned to Loki,
smiling,"-i believe the time is at hand,husband. "

Loki looked from one to the other,refusing to show any fear.

My dearest,if we should never meet again,should our paths
never cross,know this.Not a moment has passed that your
lovely face was not foremost in
my thoughts.I hold you most dear,
above all.

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