Wash Your Cares Away

"Tough love? Coming from someone who can not be more than.... what? Six weeks old? No more than a few months at the most?" Amora didn't mean it as an insult. Chibi didn't look that old to begin with, so she was not trying to insult him if he was older. Taking her time, Amora gently move Kai into a more comfortable position. The last thing she needed was to choke on her tongue or wake up in a more foul mood due to her limbs being in an awkward tangle. "She doesn't want others to get close to her? Well, she is succeeding. Is it because of her powers? The mind control ability she has?" She idly brushed a lock of hair from Kaileena's face, it having caught a bit in her mouth. "Does she not even have friends? I thought the Horsewomen were close."

For being such a small animal, Chibi asked some very good questions. Amora sat there and thought for a while. "I don't think I know what my type is anymore. Ten years of being busy with work, stopping minor wars and attacks from enemies... you don't realise what you have left behind until you've been given a chance to stop and think. As odd as it sounds, I've haven't been with anyone since taking up Mjolnir. No man wants me. One said he would find it odd to bed the woman who wields the power of Thor. And here, he had such an easy time with women... I thought I was fine without the nightly romances, but now I'm lonely. Perhaps I should give up the hammer. Tell the All-Mother to find someone more worthy." It seemed to be more of a burden than a blessing.

Amora arched an eyebrow at how the pup described himself age wise. "If I may offer advice, Chibi? For one seemingly so young, but old enough to have a mate? Do not go chasing the first pretty tail you see. You might not like what you find." That was definitely a first, giving love advice to a wolf. How many other Asgardians could say they've done that? She listened quietly to what Chibi had to say, remembering what the illusion of Ares had said all those years ago. It called Kaileena a half-bred runt, filled with anger and never able to fit in. No wonder she was alone. "She doesn't include her sister, Melina, as family? She has more people concerned about her than I do."

Upon hearing Chibi's suggestion, Amora had to laugh a little. "The females like me even less than the males, little wolf. They... I developed a reputation long before I had Mjolnir. As Kaileena said earlier, people talk. I don't think that there is a woman on Asgard who would want me for any reason." The enchantress' gaze then fell back onto Kaileena. "I doubt that she would want a second Amora. From what I understand I am worse than the first one." At least that's what she gathered from Melina. Honestly, she had never asked her outright who was worse, being afraid to hear the answer.

"Younger sisters are like that. They always run off to do their own thing, never listening to their older sister no matter how right they are," Amora commented. She knew what the wolf was wanting. Hell, this entire conversation was about their relationship, whether it was platonic or not. But she did listen to what Chibi had to say. Being schooled by a dog, wouldn't Sif have a laugh at that?

Taking one of the nearby folded up towels, Amora placed it beneath Kaileena's head. She was fidgeting, something she rarely ever did. It just showed her reluctance to commit to things or perhaps her reluctance to admit someone was undeniably right. "No Asgardian females, and I don't think anyone on Olympus is currently single and looking. Nor is there any way in Hel that I will take a Midgardian for a lover. Thor was foolish in his love that way." She studied Kaileena's face, looking at every little detail. Not studying or judging, just looking. "I won't leave her while she's unconscious. It would be rude."

Drawing the attention of the one remaining nymph in the room, Amora repeated her earlier request for food and drink, along with the massage oils, then she looked over at Chibi. "Would you like anything? My treat."

"Some sisters do that, but not all," Amora admitted. She never bossed Lorelei around or made her a servant, at least not in her opinion. But she did try to give her advice about most things, much of which went unheeded.

As Kaileena stirred, Amora moved to help support her as needed, not trying to force her into any position, but also trying to help where she could. "It would be rude to leave you before you woke up. I think I'll amend that to leaving before you can think and move properly." She was familiar with being hit by lightning, so she fully knew how Kaileena felt. "Relax. Don't force yourself into doing anything. Can you feel everything? Fingers and toes?" As she asked, Amora looked for any odd twitches or spasms the girl might have. She also checked her eyes for broken blood vessels or blown pupils. Zarda's race was tough, but Kaileena was only half that, so this was merely a precaution.

When the nymph returned with the food and drink, Amora sat Kaileena up and took a cup of watered down wine, offering it to her. "Sip it slowly. Just enough to quench your thirst." She then added a large kobe beef steak for Chibi, cooked so that it was still pink on the inside. "I hope you don't mind, but I had a conversation with your puppy while waiting for you to wake up. He's quite well spoken." Amora hoped the girl wouldn't take it as gossiping behind her back.

"Any sensation or feeling counts when it has to do with being struck by lightning. But, I am glad that you are recovering with such ease. You clearly take after your father." Amora knew how tough Zarda was, having spared with her a few times in order to get some basic fighting skills and training under her belt. The woman fought dirty and when teamed up with Brunnhilde, they were an interesting pair who would almost always beat Amora until she was black and blue.But then again, hitting people with lightning could also be considered fighting dirty, so in the end their matches were pretty even sided. Even so, Amora knew better than to push Kaileena into moving before she was ready.

She also could tell that the girl was not a fan of the drink she was given. "It's just to quench your thirst. Lightning strikes tend to dry you out. And I wouldn't give you anything strong just yet and risk having you pass out again. But... as a show of," she paused, trying to find the right word to use. "As a way of apologizing for my behavior, asking for a truce and perhaps reintroduction of first impressions, I will offer this." A tray appeared nearby. On it were two glasses and a bottle of spiced honey liqueur.

Amora chuckled at the question and answer between Kaileena and Chibi. "It could have been worse, I was considering throwing Mjolnir at the back of your head. But I suppose the lightning was a better idea." She did raise an eyebrow at the girl's confession. "But, from what I've been told, Chibi is likely your only friend. You aren't upset that I briefly stole him away from you?" she asked.

Amora's jaw dropped when she learned that Thor had electrocuted a twelve year old. Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined he would do such a thing. "I am sorry that he hurt you, Kaileena. I would have thought he was more gentlemanly than that, but perhaps it was an accident." And yes, she did seem to take after her father more than her sister did, but it made sense. Melina seemed more at home with magic, while her sister preferred the more up front, hands on approach. Oddly enough, their techniques fit their personalities.

"Now you know why I would have other men fight for me when I went up against Thor. Better them be incapacitated and not me. But don't worry, I won't make you think or become stressed over things. At least I will try not to." She could still see that the girl was holding tension in her though, whether it was intentional or not. "Your face looks pained. Would you trust me to give you a massage? Just a simple one. You tell me where my hands should go and they will stay there unless told otherwise. If you do not like the situation or if I offend you, you have my permission to let Chibi strike me with lightning... or whatever other magic his cuteness hides." It was unlikely that the lightning would hurt her, but Amora was at least making an effort to be friendly and make amends.

"Yes, true, you're right. Being gone so long and coming to a new place, it is difficult to make friends. But perhaps you just need to know the right people for it to all be easier. And besides, two people who are outsiders in many ways usually find common ground. Particularly when it involves think that Thor is an idiot sometimes. Handsome, but an idiot sometimes."

Amora couldn't help but smile at Kaileena calling herself a short dark elf. "He must have been very drunk indeed to be able to mistake you for one of those things. I hope your mother schooled him properly when she found out." Circe had a temper on her and everyone learned rather quickly that you never messed with her family. Not unless you wanted to risk being furry, or possible cursed with a hideous form, for the rest of your life.

"I'm not. I mean, I wasn't. I learned much from your father and Valkyrie, but before.. you're right, I used men to fight for me. They enjoyed doing it too." Amora then glared at Chibi. "I like you, pup, but be careful. You can easily become guilty of slander." The enchantress had no intention of turning this into sex-filled massage.. unless Kaileena made the first moves, that is. She would behave. She didn't want to make the girl feel any more uncomfortable than she already was. Laying her hands upon Kaileena's neck, Amora gently began massaging the back of it, her movements staying along her shoulders and the length of the girl's spine, fingers and thumbs moving in slow circles.

"Thor was a father on your world?" She was intrigued by that. The thought of the thunder god being a parent brought a soft smile to her lips for some reason. "I suppose he would make a good one, so long as he didn't mistake his child for a dark elf or a dwarf. I take it he successfully wooed Sif into being his wife?" If he picked anyone else for his bride, Amora would be shocked. Her other self was busy with Kaileena and the only other possibility for a bride was a dragon, so that left only Sif for him to marry.