Though Loki could technically pull them onto the branches of Yggdrasil and through the Void from anywhere on any realm, there were some places that were connected. More densely concentrated with seidr than others, making the process easier, and this pool was one such place. He had come here partly because he had another to take along with him, and partly because he had long ago shielded this particular area from Heimdall's gaze.

The journey took them just outside the capital of Vanaheim where the great palace was located. He could not simply take them inside and snatch it, they would detect the magic. This had to be done with more subtlety.

"There will be a Librarian guarding entry and taking note of all who enter the stacks, you must distract her as I pass undetected. You must not go further into the library lest they suspect you of the theft, you must leave when you hear a whistle from without."

Now he would see if the ingenuity he had chosen Anthony for was worth it.