Loki stared up at the sky – at the stars. He knew, from school, that the light he saw from them had left those stars so long ago most people weren’t even alive on this world at the time. He also knew, now, that he wasn’t most people.

Part of him wanted to be angry at his mother for keeping everything a secret from him. However, she’d been trying to protect him. Now that the truth was out, none of them was safe. He sighed and turned to go back inside. He wasn’t going to find answers staring up at the stars.