"I have no vested interest in 'screwing Steve over'." Airquotes. He recently learned (or relearned? hard to say) this particular hand gesture and is milking it for all it's worth. "It would gain me more problems than I currently feel any inclination to court, certainly. With the local governance. With other people here, beginning with you, one imagines.
And while I appreciate chaos there is also something to be said for properly assessing the risk of burning particular bridges. Especially here."
That said, he's still considering what to say to Nate's comment about screwing Steve when he takes a sip of his offered coffee and then makes a massively unhappy face. "Oh, oh no. No, no. What have you done to it, it's bitter and... gritty? Ugh." Loki moves toward the sink, sets his mug down, and then waves a hand over it. The color of the coffee changes, once the green and gold shimmer fades from the interior of the mug, from black to a much softer brown, thank you heavy cream and sugar, and then he picks it back up and offers it to Nate. "Here, try this."
If Nate takes it, great. If not, he's taking his own sip and setting it back down before peering at the coffee maker with a frown. "Percolators function just fine, no one requires this level of technological complication."
He shakes his head a little. At the coffee maker, mostly, before turning back around and bracing his hands on the countertop. "I do screw Steve. I enjoy screwing Steve, but to be fair, I enjoy screwing a lot of people. Historically? That's included screwing them over." He narrows his eyes in Nate's direction. "Sometimes it's time for a shift in perspective."
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And while I appreciate chaos there is also something to be said for properly assessing the risk of burning particular bridges. Especially here."
That said, he's still considering what to say to Nate's comment about screwing Steve when he takes a sip of his offered coffee and then makes a massively unhappy face. "Oh, oh no. No, no. What have you done to it, it's bitter and... gritty? Ugh." Loki moves toward the sink, sets his mug down, and then waves a hand over it. The color of the coffee changes, once the green and gold shimmer fades from the interior of the mug, from black to a much softer brown, thank you heavy cream and sugar, and then he picks it back up and offers it to Nate. "Here, try this."
If Nate takes it, great. If not, he's taking his own sip and setting it back down before peering at the coffee maker with a frown. "Percolators function just fine, no one requires this level of technological complication."
He shakes his head a little. At the coffee maker, mostly, before turning back around and bracing his hands on the countertop. "I do screw Steve. I enjoy screwing Steve, but to be fair, I enjoy screwing a lot of people. Historically? That's included screwing them over." He narrows his eyes in Nate's direction. "Sometimes it's time for a shift in perspective."