so, I *may* or may not have promised Loki, or a construct of @kel's agile imagination that xe calls "Loki", that I would tell the story of how Kel met them and came to regard them as xer patron of sorts, and why we hold Loki high in our esteem even though they have a somewhat evil reputation as a murderous rogue. Kel has already told this story in a massive 52-tweet storm on the birdsite a while back, but Loki (or whoever it is) suggests that I should not merely copy that, but use my own words.