[ Dany remains silent, stunned. No one has ever asked her such a question, but the reason why the goddess asks is all too clear. She has felt it before, of course. There is a part of her that responds particularly well to Loki's essence, but she has never wanted to think about it.

When she speaks again, it comes out more hesitant than she intended. ]

It will be enough. It must be enough. [ No, that is evasive. If Loki is asking this of her, she already suspects a certain answer. ] If I had everything I'd ever hoped to find, and still I could not find peace, what else would remain to me?

[ Perhaps this was a mistake. She entertains the notion of severing the connection, but she forces down the turmoil rising in her breast. No, she must know. Someone must. ]