Standing at the edge of a clearing, Corinthia could not believe that the old man sitting on the other side was the famous wizard Loki. Clearing her head with a purposeful shake, she strode up to the wizard and fixed him with an intimidating glare. The wizard lifted his wrinkled face and examined her intently, taking in her long, bronze hair, soulful blue eyes, and ragged purple dress that hung on her emaciated, porcelain frame. She, in return, took in his mud-stained blue robe, pointed hat as wrinkled as his face, and a great oak staff that twisted and turned as if it were still alive and trying to escape his grasp. “Hello my lady. What do I have the pleasure of helping you with today?” His voice retained so much sarcasm that it grated her nerves. Corinthia raised an unimpressed eyebrow and pointed at her throat, looking him straight in the eyes. Loki raised an equally unimpressed, though smoky grey and bushy, eyebrow and returned her stare. Corinthia sighed in frustration, pointed at her throat, at him, at her empty coin purse, and back at her throat. Recognition dawned on Loki’s face, “Ah! I see… you don’t have a voice… that could only mean one thing… You want your voice back!” She nodded her head vigorously, not catching the mischievous glint appear in his eyes. “Well. Seeing as you, obviously, don’t have any coinage to buy back your voice... how do you intend to go about this little plan of yours?” His smirk was infuriating but all she could muster was confused stare. “Look kid, something tells me if you got this far then you got some spunk in you. How about we make a deal, eh? If you can complete three tasks, I’ll give you your voice back. What do you say?” Corinthia gathered all of her resolve and firmly shook his proffered ...
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...en doing this a long time, and I have never seen someone with your amount of spunk…” Shaking his head in awe, Loki turned and rummaged through his belongings. Finding what he was looking for he turned toward her, “Well, a deal’s a deal. Here’s your voice back.” He stretched out a knobby hand and reluctantly revealed a tiny silver vile. Corinthia snatched it off his palm and emptied it in one gulp before he could change his mind. The two stood in the middle of the clearing staring at each other, one confused one furious. “Well, did it work? Did you feel anything?” Corinthia took a deep breath and placated her fury. I don’t feel any different, so I suppose there’s only one way to find out if it worked. Reflecting on how Loki treated her, she contemplated her first words.
Making sure they came out brashly with the tiniest bit of gratitude, she said, “Thank you, Loki.”
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of the first Western civilization. It was located in the continent of Europe. Also, Greece