My greatest hero

Chapter 7

Loki reached into the bag he strapped onto the side of sliepnir and pulled out two blankets, he laid one on the ground for Eira, "it's not great, but at least you don't have to sleep in the grass" he said to her "it's fine, Not like I'm used to a palace of luxury" she said back. He then stepped across the stream (it was very narrow so He could take one step and be on the other side) and laid the second one down for himself. They both lay down and went to sleep. When Loki woke up Eira was still sleeping, so he folded up his blanket and and stepped back to Eiras side of the stream to pack it up. Then he realized that they were closer to the passage than he thought they were. "Eira" he he knelt down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder trying to wake her up. "Eira, wake up" he was now shaking her shoulder A little bit trying to wake her "would you wake up!" He said a little louder.Finally she woke up, but she was startled by him, and as she jerked around to see who it was, a beam of ice shot loki in the face knocking him to the ground. "Oh my- I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry" she said as she as she came over to help him up "are you okay?" She asked, concerned. "Yes, yes I'm fine" he said, rubbing the side of his face where she hit him "let me see" she said as she pulled his hand away from his face. She saw that there was a scrape right next to his eye "I'm so sorry, I'll uh... I don't know... Find something to put on that"
"Eira, I'm fine, trust me when I say I've been through far far worse than this. I don't need a healer" he said with a little laughter. She started to calm down a bit "I really need to get home, I'm loosing control" she said to herself
"You know" loki said in response "maybe it's time to stop trying to suppress it, and start trying to embrace it" he said as he got up off the ground "What are you talking about? If I don't suppress it th-" she was cut off by loki
"Then you'll have to learn to control it"
"Which I can't do, trust me, I've tried" she replied.
"No you haven't, you've tried to stop it. You've let it control you your whole life, it's time to turn that around, you can control it, but you first have to except it as part of you, cause that's what it is. And if you can't even control yourself, you can't hope to be able to control anything else." Eira stopped to think about what he said for a minute, could that be true? Could excepting it actually help her? Then loki said something that really made her think.
"You said you loose control when you're angry or afraid. Well Eira, you'll never be able to control it if you live in fear of yourself" she thought about it for a moment.
"I can't just decide not to fear it, just get me home and let me take care of it my own way" she said rather harshly.
"As you wish" was his only response