"Loki," he repeats, a bit more sternly this time. It won't do for his friend to keep chasing these dark thoughts, not while his people need him. "Somehow you gave the Norns the run-around and ended up here. Just as the Norns led Thor through a portal so many months ago, so that his people could one day use it to escape. That has to be enough, for now."

He looks briefly at the sleeping children, and the others with their healing injuries. "Once they have recovered, come find me and I will find homes for them, as well. If the goodwill I've earned in the neighborhood isn't enough, I've got plenty of drachma to burn."

What's an immortal to do with all the money they've shrewdly invested over the centuries, anyway? He's played the role of philanthropist before, he can do it in the Nexus without breaking a sweat.

"I'd like to take one of the adults with me, as they'll have a better idea of what the children need. Who do you recommend?" That is, who is the least traumatized here?