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"Fathers are strangers who merely happen to be related by blood."
- Haruhiko Toyama, (Texhnolyze)
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<(Omniscient POV)>
"Do you know this man, father? Have you met him before somewhere?" Thor quickly tried to interject in an attempt to calm down his father. This level of sudden change in the mood of the King of Asgard wasn't something the God of Thunder had ever witnessed before in his five millennia of existence and thus he struggled to understand what it was that triggered this sudden abrupt change in his father's behavior.
"My love, calm down. It has only been a few hours since you have risen from your Odin sleep. If you put too much stress on yourself so soon, you will end up worsening your health again." Frigga too tried to soothe her husband using the context of his health even though she knew quite well that Odin wouldn't be going weak anytime soon unless he had to fight some extremely powerful being the likes of Galactus or Surtur. The only reason Odin even went to Odin's sleep when confronting Loki was because he wanted to take that chance and have some rest to recharge his powers. As a master manipulator, he knew the path Loki would choose as well as the path Thor would be forced to choose because of that. Going to Odin's sleep was just a way for him to make sure that the events played out exactly like he wanted them to. "My King, tell me what exactly troubles you and we will figure out what to do together. If you are worried about Atem's identity then you should know that he is a guest of Thor, a visitor who came to visit Asgard after saving the lives of countless Asgardians by defeating the Frost Giants. He is a hero of not only this realm but of Midgard as well." Frigga did her best to defuse the situation.
Normally, the All-Mother of Asgard wouldn't trust someone as quickly as she had trusted Atem, much less even try to defend him from her husband. She had lived for way too long to not know the true extent of Odin's wisdom and strength. She knew more about Odin than anyone else in Asgard. She knew it as a fact that her husband the way he currently was, would never try to antagonize someone without any justification. The only few reasons Odin would ever lose control over his emotions would be if the person opposite to him was a major threat to Asgard or if his family was in some major danger. Hell, even insults could no longer seem to rile up the old Sky father as they once did during his youth.
No, the only reason Frigga bothered to try and defend Atem was because neither she nor Heimdall had ever seen the young man before in their lives which as much suspicious as it was also clearly indicated the fact that the man must not be a great danger to Asgard, nor should he be too powerful or important enough to be noticed. After all, there were very few things in the nine realms that could escape Heimdall's sight or the All-Mother's prophetic visions. If Atem had really possessed even the tiniest danger to Asgard, Frigga trusted that her magic would have warned her through her visions.
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<(Atem POV)>
Odin, who had grown quiet after his sudden outburst a few moments ago was now silently observing me with cautious eyes while listening to what his wife and son had to say. His eyes gave a clear indication that despite having been shocked out of his mind, he still hadn't completely lost his marbles. However, the moment he heard his wife's words, his eyebrows furrowed further in vigilance. "Midgard? I see. That confirms it then. You are her spawn, aren't you? The child that she managed to hide from me a million years ago. I can sense it, the godly blood that runs through your veins... godly blood that mutated from the essence of an Asgardian." he asked, his eyes scanning me from head to toe like he was verifying it again through his senses.
