"Officially, I've been king for perhaps twenty hours. We were in somewhat of a rush," he adds, as if that explains his lack of regalia. Truth be told, even if Odin's robes and armor had survived the cataclysm, Thor feels he probably would never have worn them anyway. A shame about Gungnir, though.

Consider him curious. "Your kingdom... you hear them even now?" How does that work, he wonders, to have a kingdom made of every green thing that grows?