Auden’s Blessing
In a low voice, she said, “I’ll buy you more candy tomorrow, but you have to play with Loki too, okay?”
The children looked at one another, then slowly shook their heads.
“Loki’s mother is a giant, and his father is from the Vanir… we don’t want to play with him,” Idun said softly.
“But he likes you all very much, and he’s very pretty, isn’t he?”
“But Loki is the god of fire. If we play with him, he might hurt us someday,” Baldr said, returning the candy to Frigga. “Big sister, I don’t want this anymore.”