"Time is like an ocean"? Really, brother? Did you give up the mantle of king and decide to live the life of a bard? Poorly?

[He sways with the motion of Thor's nudge, because he rarely had any choice in that matter, and continues to smile, shaking his head.]

Heroes fail all the time, Thor. That isn't what makes them heroes. It's the trying...when the other decides it may be best to simply stay as far away from home as possible. You went to them, you stood against our mad sister knowing you didn't have the power to best her, but also knowing you had to give it a good show at least. Fleeing never entered into the equation. [And he nudged his older brother back with an elbow.] Isn't that "what heroes do"? [And he uses air quotes just to drive his point home.]