#to clarify: Skadi's referring to wearing a kimono & doing Shinto rituals/basic stuff. My research says Shinto is an “open” religion

[dhampiravidi]

As they walked, Skadi kept an eye out for any snipers or sudden invaders. Cities were always targets when aliens (or some villain) came to conquer the Earth. Every now & then, someone would be on their phone, not watching where they were going & Skadi would growl deep in her throat, the way all Jotnar learned to as infants. It was a good way to get people's attention.

"Yes," she said, in response to his repeating the name of her birthplace, "The Norsemen of old called it the land of giants & frost. They were correct that Jotnar tend to be a few feet taller than your people & that the land is cold, barren for the most part. I lived there until...until I had to leave." Skadi had never liked to talk about how her father died, so she avoided the subject unless there was a reason not to. He'd been her best friend growing up.

"Spatially, no. Jotunheim is closer to Asgard, but still far for a Midgardian ship to travel. That is why we use the Bifrost, the iridescent bridge that harnesses energy to help us travel intergalactically," Skadi explained. She knew it was more confusing the less one had traveled through space. Still, Shota Aizawa had already proven to be as intelligent as he was patient; she had a feeling he'd catch on if she really tried to explain the Nine Realms & the various portals in the universe.

"I was asked to hunt a yokai, but I have finished." Skadi smiled. "I thought I would climb some of the mountains, see the snow monkeys & visit a Shinto temple. Is it true that people here do not mind if an outsider wears their clothes & leaves offerings for their gods?"