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.
I'll be dribbling that out in a series of toots as I can this evening. I'm debating whether to hide the bulk of this behind CWs. My sense has been that Loki really likes maximum publicity, and Kel tells me that in one of xer communications with them Loki suggested there was a sort of _do ut des_ quality to their bond with my familiar: the more Kel advertises for them, the more helpful they'll be. But I don't want to inflict walls of text on the timeline; I'll take my chances with circumspection.
Loki Afficher plus
Not long after this I accompanied an old friend to Portland, where he wanted my help and companionship in delivering some supplies to his younger brother who lives near that city. On the way back we visited the large Goodwill thrift shop in central Portland and, while rambling through aisles of bric-a-brac, I spotted an out-of-place book someone had dropped on a shelf, a copy of the first issue of the periodical "Tyr", its front cover here pictured.