Thor blinked.

"Cousin?" he asked. That was new. Clearly, he had to pay more attention.

"Yea, cousin. It's no big deal though." Tony shrugged. "You'll see her soon, I'm sure."

Thor just shook his head a bit. Sometimes he just didn't understand humans.

"It seems I should be going, then," he said. "If I am to find these Romans you wish to speak to."

Tony nodded. "Let me know what you find out. Just come back here when you find something." He shooed Thor and Loki out of the library.

Thor let himself be shooed out the door, and waited for his brother to join him before looking at him.

"So," he said. "Romans. Have you ever met any of them, brother?"

Loki shook his head. "I have not. I have heard they are very entertaining. Some of them. But I have not met them personally." He shrugged.

"Seems we have some searching to do then," Thor said. He grinned a bit. "Just like old times."

"Indeed." Loki smirked. "This could be entertaining. But why are we doing this for humans?"

"Why not?" Thor asked in return. "You would be bored otherwise, I know you would. And these are my friends, why would I not help them?"

"I can do a great many things without doing them for humans." Loki didn't actually say he wouldn't help, though. And Thor was right; he had been getting bored.

Elsewhere, Elaine was listening to Kae trying to hobble around with the new leg.

"What do you keep tripping over?" she asked her friend as she heard a sort of muffled thump.

"My new foot," Kae grumbled. "I'm not used to it being there. And I'm not used to some of the little dips and places where the carpet isn't quite even. I never noticed all those spots with just the crutches."

"I don't notice them anymore," Elaine admitted. "I used to, before I learned where they all were. I didn't even think about those being a problem. What about the kitchen? It's tile instead."

"The kitchen is easier," Kae admitted. "It's just going to take some getting used to, I guess. But for the moment it's kind of annoying."

"Just think, though," Elaine said, a bit wistfully. "You'll be able to walk again." If only her own problem was as easily fixed. Not that she would breathe a word of that to anyone.

"Eventually," Kae agreed after a moment. She knew that she really shouldn't be such a pansy about it, since she was sure Elaine would give anything to be able to see again. But readjusting was harder than she'd thought.

"You'd be able to drive that car you were pining over," Elaine pointed out. "That what-was-it. The one you said was pretty."

Kae snorted. "I've said lots of cars are pretty. Hell, Stark's car is pretty, when he's not driving it."

"I wouldn't know," Elaine said. "Is it? Besides, I remember there was one in particular you liked, I just don't remember what it was."

"It might have been the Corvette. I've always liked Corvettes." Kae grinned briefly. "But we'll wait a bit first. I'm not going to be running out to buy a car just yet."

"I don't even know what Corvettes look like anymore," Elaine said. "Last model of anything I ever saw come out was a 2001 Chevy." She grinned. "But from what I understand, cars only get prettier. We'll have you in a bright shiny new 2013 whatever soon enough."

Kae just laughed quietly and shook her head. "We'll see," she said evenly.

"Anything you need help with yet? I'm feeling kind of restless for some reason."

"Not at the moment," Elaine replied. She sighed a bit. "I'm almost tempted to check my bank account to see if our hazard pay came through yet, but I don't really want to go to the trouble of booting up the speaking software."

"I can check for you, if you want," Kae offered. It wasn't the first time they'd done this, far from, so she had no problems checking Elaine's bank account. She could check her own while she was at it.

"Sure, thanks," Elaine said. She grinned a bit. "I want to know how much I have at my disposal if I decide I want to go shopping."