Well, the suggestion is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the thing is, based on Loki's understanding of the universe, it might actually work. And it dovetails nicely into Viatorus' original question. Is there power in a ceremony, in an act of worship? Does the dogma really matter, the order in which things are done, the solemnity and pomp? Or is it, as Loki tends to think, mostly about focus and intent?

He's going to need to know. He wants the security and power of worshipers, and not, for once, for petty reasons.

'I'll see what I can come up with' is utterly heartening. There's a flash of real delight in his smile. Of course, if Viatorus perceives him as humble and kind, he is clearly the more deceived. Fun might be applicable, though.

He laughs at the question and shakes his head. "There would be too much to go into, I am sure. You need not worry. I have never in over a thousand years answered a question I did not want to."

"But I will tell you this much: human folklore in my own world has me described as the parent of Odin's great eight-legged horse, the goddess of the underworld, and the great wolf Fenrir. All of them were born before me, and I respectfully decline to accept the blame for any of them. And I have yet to meet a Jormungand, so I tend to assume someone merely saw me in a serpent form and made some assumptions."

"...if I were going to claim any of those, though, Sleipnir was at least quite a magnificent horse." He looks thoughtful. "I do shapeshift. It is not impossible for me to mother or sire a child. Other versions of myself may have done so."

He's not saying he hasn't, in fact. Just not the aforementioned quartet of semi-divine curiosities.