No doubt Loki could do better than a boy, but that wasn't the point, was it?
He paces a few steps, lean and tense. There's something of the wolf about him.
And he turns to the King.
"Your Majesty," he says, "you have already lost this battle. You cannot fight an enemy with a thousand arms, an enemy that does not suffer loss or pain. People may be killed, but the seeds of plants carry on the wind. You will never be able to rid yourself of this menace."
He pauses.
"Unless you find the source," he says. "Either there is some intelligence guiding this, or there is something to prompt the growth that we now see.
"So I ask you. Would you rather the heroes you find fight a battle they will lose, to protect your kingdom as long as possible, or find a way to learn the cause of the thorns?"
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He paces a few steps, lean and tense. There's something of the wolf about him.
And he turns to the King.
"Your Majesty," he says, "you have already lost this battle. You cannot fight an enemy with a thousand arms, an enemy that does not suffer loss or pain. People may be killed, but the seeds of plants carry on the wind. You will never be able to rid yourself of this menace."
He pauses.
"Unless you find the source," he says. "Either there is some intelligence guiding this, or there is something to prompt the growth that we now see.
"So I ask you. Would you rather the heroes you find fight a battle they will lose, to protect your kingdom as long as possible, or find a way to learn the cause of the thorns?"