"No offense, but it was a jerk move for your dad to keep that from you, especially with the way you grew up thinking of them." Granted, neither of them knew Odin, but he couldn't imagine hearing stories of monsters all one's life only to learn he was one of the scary monsters himself.

Reaching over, Eddie gently touched his fingers to Loki's cheek, feeling it cool to the touch and marveling at the etches on the skin. Eddie suddenly had an image of sitting close to Loki on a hot say and cooling off. Venom gently touched his forehead to Loki's other cheek, letting out a pleased little purr.

A silent conversation passed between man and symbiote, and Eddie said, "You know, since you showed us what you really look like, we think it's fair that you should see us get all big and scary."

Venom's head disappeared into Eddie's body as he stood up and walked over to the other side of the coffee table. The black ooze emerged again, covering Eddie's body, their height and muscle mass increasing, until Venom's head seemed to swallow Eddie's.

They grinned as Loki. "Behold."