Odin was furious, of course. But even he could hardly blame me for what had happened.
Odin was furious, of course. But even he could hardly blame me for what had happened. He took to spending even more time alone, with only his ravens and Mimir’s Head for company. Sometimes I heard him talking in a low and urgent voice — though whether it was to the ravens, to himself, or to the Head, I could only speculate. As for myself, I’d managed to carry out another covert act of sabotage, and I was feeling pleased with myself — at least until the hammer fell, taking me wholly by surprise. . . .
