[whether it's manipulating affections or just making him bolder is something difficult to place. but this was much better than kicking stones. though he had never imagined himself where he was, he had always been caught up in what he was doing. Leah was never one for such open affection, and Thor was ... well. Thor was most certainly Thor.]

Ah, Miss Maid of Time, what keeps you on your toes? A watch Saturn itself would envy, simple yet explicitly effective? A very timely sundial? Or some kind of vast understanding of the workings of Timespace?