Loki would almost be jealous of that delicacy of touch if he hadn't been called on so often to utilize his craft on a larger and bloodier scale.

"Yes, I imagine the bitches would simply have burned anything they found offensive," he drawls. "Neglect is precisely the problem, considering the circumstances of hiding these books." Still, he regrets ever tear as an injury against the books his mother loved so well. He has little enough left of her now.