[Emporio gives a somewhat thoughtful nod to that, watching the movie with a bit of a squint. That's weird. Maybe it's supposed to be a visual effect? He finds himself glancing at Loki himself to compare appearances.] Apparently it's possible my friend's great-grandpa fought them, in any case.

[Not important. He still doesn't get what was going on with the ancient super vampires, honestly.]

The teleporting, sure, but the movies are new. I got stuck in the desert with a horse once.

[The horse was very relived to remain a horse the entire time, what with secretly being someone very very high on the kid's list of loathing.] It seems like any time there's a trial, we just get picked up and thrown elsewhere. What happens after is a mystery.