He knew I'd outwitted him, called the lesson wisdom, and hired me to make sure from then on I was on his side - and for a long, long time, I truly was. But the day he took my eye, I realized he had never been fooled. Then I persuaded him it had been his sacrifice, made for an even higher form of sight to be bestowed, blah-di-blah-di-blah-di-blah! I used to think he never caught on. Oh, he was rightly impressed! Can't say for sure what he saw that led him to try gouging out his own eyes, but I managed to restrain him before he finished the job. Or rather, I should say, a well of water laced with enough mystic mushrooms to make a god see visions.
By the time I arrived, I already knew Odin by his reputation, and so I set to demonstrate my worth by coming to him with something I knew he'd value: a mystic well of knowledge. It's my career! And if you mean to make your career as a counselor to kings, you can't very well rule out petty maniacs - available positions are scare enough!. So take your questions, take your threats, take these two worthless wankers and piss off! Your father won't let me go, Baldur, and he won't let you kill me. I guess there’s just one thing I don’t understand. You will honor your mother, and abandon this path you have chosen. You are rash, insubordinate, and out of control! This will not stand. I am your father-and you, boy, are not yourself! You are too quick to temper. You will LISTEN to me and not speak a word. Nothing is written that cannot be unwritten. Do not concern yourself with what might be. 
Keep your expectations low, boy, and you will never be disappointed. On our journey, we will be attacked by all manner of creature.
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