"No", Loki said politely, enjoying himself thoroughly. "I do not know who Adam Young is. See, I have spent the last few thousand years locked into a cave... chained... tortured." He tried to look as if he deserved the world's pity.

"I haven't really been able to keep track of deaths and births and so on." He sighed. "And the world has changed so much. Though I am very glad to see that some things seem to never change." The smile reappeared again on his face as he watched the woman.