"Well yes, I know where Hel is, but getting her back here, that's a different problem. Someday I'll figure it out. Sleipnir's Odin's yes, but as long as I am on good terms with Odin ..." He shrugged. Sleipnir had never seemed embarrassed to see him and he obviously loved a good run with his mother.

"That was a sparrow," he explained wondering whether the other him hadn't known or just not found it worth mentioning. Surely everybody knew such a common bird. Right? "So, you can't do a cat either? Or a wolf?"