Tell the Thunderer to tone down the bluster; this doesn't concern him, and it won't affect Asgard.
“Alaric wants me to tell you to shut the hell up and let it go,” I summed up.
Thor glowered at me.
“I'm just the messenger,” I said as Alaric laughed inside my head.
“Can we get back to the part where a human took a god's magic?” Pan asked. “I don't know about you guys, but I'm having all kinds of ideas of how that could be helpful.”
“It could indeed,” Thor murmured as he cocked his head at me. “We may not need my hammer at all.”
“What are you saying?” Re asked warily.
“You said it yourself; it's a good thing that she didn't take all of your magic,” Thor said. “Because if she had... ”
“She probably would have killed me,” Re whispered. Then he stood up and bared his teeth at Thor. “No! You're not putting Vervain in that kind of danger. You said that she would be safe.”
“But she could drain him,” Thor pointed out. “Vervain could take all of Huitzilopochtli's magic until he died, and she wouldn't even have to touch him.”
“I could probably manage it from ten feet away, but no more than that,” I said thoughtfully.
“No.” Re turned to me. “You're not managing anything, Vervain. This is going too far. We're leaving; pack up your things. Thor has his death hammer; he can proceed without you.”
“Re,” I whispered as I laid my hand on his arm. “I want to help.”
“And I want you to live,” Re countered. “You took my magic by accident, and now you think that you can safely drain another god? Have you considered what you'll do with all of that power once you have it? If you can take a god's magic in its entirety, then I think it's safe to assume that you will become its new host.”
I gaped at Re.
“That's right,” Re said smugly. “You didn't consider becoming the new Vampire Goddess, did you?”
“He's also a god of the Sun,” I whispered. “We would have similar magic.”
“And you think that would be a good thing?” Re asked.
“Wouldn't it?”
“I've known other Sun Gods, and I've felt a connection between us,” Re said.
“See? That sounds good,” I said.
“But I felt nothing more than the bond of magic for them,” Re went on. “And one of them was a gorgeous Japanese woman.”
My face fell.
“Well, damn; if you didn't want to get into a hot Asian woman's pants, then something was wrong,” Pan said.
“Exactly,” Re confirmed as he kept his gaze on me. “Opposites attract. If you took the magic of a Moon Goddess, we'd literally be in Heaven together. But there's no room for two Suns in one bed.”
“Fuck!” I swore.
“None of that either,” Re teased me. “That was the whole meaning behind 'one bed.'”
“I won't risk my relationship with Re,” I said to Thor.
“Thank you, La-la,'” Re said with relief.
“But I could drain Huitzilopochtli until he was weak, and then you could kill him with your hammer,” I went on.
