He said 'happy', not 'ecstatic', Thor. Loki stands by his statement! And, all right, it's annoying to vanish into his brother's muscular shadow again--even here, in the Nexus--but it might be worth it for the sake of observing Jim Kirk's reaction to him. Is that desire, envy, or simply admiration?

Further pursuit of backhanded compliments and thinly veiled insults will be useless in this conversation as it progresses further, he imagines. He'll have to find another tack.

He smiles. Smirks, really. "I see that my plea has not fallen upon deaf ears. Your expression is eloquent, Captain. Whatever you are thinking, I assure you, you don't know the half of it. But yes. I am Loki, his brother."