"Were you? They've never particularly bothered me. I think...perhaps because I shapeshifted from an early age, the idea that I wasn't looking at a person's real face just didn't scare me." Loki is more than a little pleased to see Khaishan in this context. He's a friend, and he's seen quite a bit of the children.

"I suppose anyone jumping out at you is cause for alarm, though. Is All Saint's Wake like what they call Halloween here and on Midgard? It's sort of a celebration of the close of the harvest season and the thinning of the veil between worlds."