[Miranda_]

Loki sighed heavily. "Basically," he said, "Your mother wanted me to just ignore the fact that you were rude to Shaun and I disagreed. I don't agree with being a soft touch when kids are concerned, but Freya doesn't seem to understand that. I mean, I had a lot of trouble with Jai when he was younger; you can imagine, right? But cuz I didn't back down, he's come out alright. I lost my temper cuz she said that Od was a better father than I was."