"I am greatly thankful that you try," Teja says, quietly.

Charles can probably feel his intense relief.

"None can be healed against his will, as that would mean breaking him utterly -- and that is not what I would wish to do to the Loki of legend, the trickster god of my people! I wish to see him hale and free, and maybe startling the mermaid."

If she tried to eat Loki, then whatever followed would be something you might give out tickets for, as in the Roman circus.