"Perhaps," Thor agrees, not yet really able to conceptualize a Thor that is not just himself in another universe, even though he knows it's theoretically possible. "But I hope not. I... would not have forged it at all, if I hadn't had a great need."

He's even more uneasy talking about that, though, and for a moment he pretends to busy himself in tending to the baby birds instead of following up on that thought.

"Anyway, thank you for the advice," he says, a touch of false cheer in his voice to cover for the lapse. "I'll be sure to give these little ones fitting names."