Loki thought about that. "At least the welcome we'd receive probably would be. And what'd be the use returning without Odin? The rest barely tolerate us at all." He wasn't entirely sure Heimdall would even let him pass.

The cards were marked, of course, but not his only or even best pack. No reason to keep them from himself unless he feared being exposed as a cheater which wasn't too big a risk, he decided. Who'd turn himself in like that? Besides, he'd only been doing card tricks and could always claim that he used a different pack when playing with others.