Eyes going a little wide, Loki panics. Rather briefly but still, it happens. The last time anything managed to get in his head nothing ended well, and Sylvie wasn't about to enchant him, so what does that mean about Nate?
Then he clocks the grin. The lack of malice in it. And Loki takes a breath in.
Now that he's heard Nate's voice in his head he can kind of follow the trail of it back to the man across from him. It's like... plucking a string on an instrument that didn't exist before. It makes a note, sure, but it's discordant and not exactly in tune with the rest of the musical endeavor.
He wonders if he'll notice it better now that he's experienced it.
Loki inclines his head down and to the side a bit. "Impressive." The kaleidoscope shifts; everything becomes a bit more obscured, except for a few things.
The first is that Loki is, in fact, impressed; even though he thinks that this is dangerous as it clearly brushes up against something that does scare him. Some prior sense, or maybe a memory.
The second is that he harbors no ill will toward Steve Rogers. That he is, in fact, fond, and also somewhat worried about him.
Loki angles his body so he can begin taking apart the coffee maker (with magic, he doesn't want to touch it directly) and still hold a conversation with Nate and not have him at Loki's back. "Did you learn that all by yourself or were you trained?"
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Then he clocks the grin. The lack of malice in it. And Loki takes a breath in.
Now that he's heard Nate's voice in his head he can kind of follow the trail of it back to the man across from him. It's like... plucking a string on an instrument that didn't exist before. It makes a note, sure, but it's discordant and not exactly in tune with the rest of the musical endeavor.
He wonders if he'll notice it better now that he's experienced it.
Loki inclines his head down and to the side a bit. "Impressive." The kaleidoscope shifts; everything becomes a bit more obscured, except for a few things.
The first is that Loki is, in fact, impressed; even though he thinks that this is dangerous as it clearly brushes up against something that does scare him. Some prior sense, or maybe a memory.
The second is that he harbors no ill will toward Steve Rogers. That he is, in fact, fond, and also somewhat worried about him.
Loki angles his body so he can begin taking apart the coffee maker (with magic, he doesn't want to touch it directly) and still hold a conversation with Nate and not have him at Loki's back. "Did you learn that all by yourself or were you trained?"