"Yes and also yes." Says BJ, setting his hands in his lap again like a good warden, trying not to fidget despite an inclination of never wanting to sit still.
"Lost most of my abilities when I was an inmate. Asked to turn human, graduated, and lost everything else. I'd be annoyed about being pathetically powerless but I'm just too shocked about feeling annoyed in the first place. Life is a goddamn rollercoaster, I never knew."
Loki frowns. "Surely you didn't lack all emotion before you became human?"
How would he have come to want to be human if he didn't have feelings? Not to mention the fact that he isn't certain a person could graduate if they're incapable of feeling, say, guilt.
"I guess it was a lack of empathy? IDK. It's more that...look, I'd been dead for forever, and all I had were these ideas of what it must be like to be a living, breathing human person from the recently deceased so all the emotion was just...Humans switch moods a LOT!"
Loki huffs a laugh, ducking his head a little. He looks up again immediately, intent on making it clear he wasn't laughing at him. "You aren't wrong. I suppose it has something to do with living for such a short time."
He crosses his legs, settling in a little. "It's new, but you have far more experience existing, at least. And there are certainly humans who lack empathy entirely, though whether they were born that way or learned it I cannot say. Chances are you can learn to dampen it, at least."
Loki isn't without empathy himself, but he does wonder if it hasn't slowed him down.
Loki raises an eyebrow at that, but doesn't comment. "In exchange for getting my powers back, I will help you learn some self-control. Is that a deal?"
Not for graduating, because that's most likely not going to happen. But he owes Betelgeuse this much. And he doesn't like to be in debt.
Human lessons. Of all things for him to end up doing with his time, this was certainly not an option he'd considered. Mostly because he's horribly unqualified, if becoming like an actual human is the goal. But he just might be able to form Betelgeuse into an improved human, which is honestly the more interesting project.
"Certainly," Loki says, dropping Betelgeuse's hand. "I think we'd better start slow so you don't strain anything." He's smirking as he raises to his feet to escort Betelgeuse back to the door.
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"Lost most of my abilities when I was an inmate. Asked to turn human, graduated, and lost everything else. I'd be annoyed about being pathetically powerless but I'm just too shocked about feeling annoyed in the first place. Life is a goddamn rollercoaster, I never knew."
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How would he have come to want to be human if he didn't have feelings? Not to mention the fact that he isn't certain a person could graduate if they're incapable of feeling, say, guilt.
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"I guess it was a lack of empathy? IDK. It's more that...look, I'd been dead for forever, and all I had were these ideas of what it must be like to be a living, breathing human person from the recently deceased so all the emotion was just...Humans switch moods a LOT!"
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He crosses his legs, settling in a little. "It's new, but you have far more experience existing, at least. And there are certainly humans who lack empathy entirely, though whether they were born that way or learned it I cannot say. Chances are you can learn to dampen it, at least."
Loki isn't without empathy himself, but he does wonder if it hasn't slowed him down.
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"Yeah. Yeah, you explain it way better. I need to learn to tone it DOWN like Mom always said!"
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Not for graduating, because that's most likely not going to happen. But he owes Betelgeuse this much. And he doesn't like to be in debt.
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"It's a deal!" BJ exclaims, and sticks out his hand.
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And he actually does, oddly enough. At least it'll be entertaining.
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"I'll let you stretch yourself out, but can we do human lessons later tonight? I'm so excited. Finally, a real teacher!"
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"Certainly," Loki says, dropping Betelgeuse's hand. "I think we'd better start slow so you don't strain anything." He's smirking as he raises to his feet to escort Betelgeuse back to the door.
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"This is gonna be so good."
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