"Do you recall all of the games you ever played as a child?"

I think that line struck me most - that to the Asgard, their dealings with humans were little more than an idle pastime. Yow.

Very bittersweet, this whole thing, with volumes of story hovering just around the edges.

on one of those meandering scientist trajectories that changed with each interesting artifact or feature they came across

Such a lovely description of them. :) And I liked the way all three of them made their observations there.

Thor is wonderful, and hah! A lot more like Jack than he cares to admit, apparently.

Well worth the wait, Eve. :)