smartass_captain

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"He doesn't have to, that's just a thing he can do if he wants to mess with people. Like say, if someone decides to hit him for whatever reason." Even if he deserves it. Especially if he deserves it. Means he always gets to have the final say in any altercation. Jim's learned his lesson handily and would like his body to remain intact this year.

"My counterpart's about two years in my past though some things are different between us. I'm sure I can't enforce this request, but I"d appreciate it if you didn't tell him anything you find out about me. We're trying not to fuck his timeline over too badly." He'll have to warn his bearded companion about Thor as soon as he's done here. Better not to wait on this kind of a scare.

Jim's picking at one of the pastries offered his way. They're good but he's not really hungry even despite not actually sitting face to face with Thor again. Getting used to the coincidence is going to take some time. The implications of it still settle on old, deep wounds.

"He seemed like a pretty decent guy. Are all gods 'a bit arrogant' or is that just human perception?"