"I definitely felt... exultation... when Alex kissed me, though," Magnus says. "It definitely kept me from freezing to death in Niflheim, which is cold even for me. Anyway, I think maybe she might have been teasing me a little. In retrospect. He kissed me when we got back to Valhalla after, too, even though I was covered in chocolate." He laughs, a single burst of sound. "I somehow didn't actually clock that I liked guys before that."