>Certainly, she stopped because Balder showed up. I admit to being a
>little fuzzy as to why, however. Did he actually use a power to negate
>her anger, or did she stop because she realized he could whoop her?
>There's some nuance there I'm not getting.
>
>I'm sure we'll find that she's been communicating (and doubtless a
>whole lot else) with Akio, however. She has all sorts of buttons to
>push, naturally, and he's the expert at pushing buttons. She didn't
>unravel like this on her own.

I'm guessing the first bit is connected to the second here- Freyja might be coming (more) unhinged, but she isn't so far in Akio's pocket that she's going to openly defy one of the Aesir. Not to mention she came in with the sorcerous equivalent of guns blazing- even if she could and would fight Balder, she probably doesn't have the ability to do so at the moment.

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