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Loki returned from the stream
and the two gods made their way
to the great hall of Geirrod’s Garth.
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The hall had a line of linked furnaces
running down its length centrally.
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At the far end of the hall stood Gerriod.
“Welcome gods,” he said with a smirk.
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Then he picked up a fire bolt
with a pair of tongs, hurled it at Thor,
and stepped behind an iron roof support.
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Thor caught the fiery bolt in Grid’s Iron gloves
and returned the favour.
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The bolt passed through the iron pillar,
on through Gerriod’s mid-riff
and out through the wall
where it lodged in an earth bank,
hissing and spitting.
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Gerriod lay dead in the hall.
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Thor set about his minions
turning their skulls to meal.
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