"See, that's a bit unpleasant to say," Loki tells him mildly. "The kind of commentary that cuts a conversation short, really."

And yet, he hasn't left yet.

"An interesting question," he responds belatedly. "Depends on how you define 'gods', I suppose. Most of them are not worshiped, nor tied to any particular providence. But they are all the same species. All are Asgardians."