Honestly, Loki's trying to help, in his own unsettling, roundabout way. This is the problem with walking a crooked path; you simply can't go straight again, because no one will believe you if you make the attempt.
...although, having people think you're being awful when you're trying to save them is its own kind of trick, he supposes. Just less fun than his usual.
His motive for asking about the ring was mostly just to get the information. He hadn't decided what answer he'd have rather heard, so he merely nods when given the data, and continues to wear the thoughtful half-smirk that's become his default expression. The superiority gets disrupted when Thor gives him that look, though, and he sputters and laughs.
"Thor, if you are going to be suspicious of every familiar face that's doubled here, you will have a difficult time, indeed. The multiverse is infinite. There are infinite Lokis in it. Everyone here may be only a fractal of some Trickster's twisted imagination. Look in the mirror, my brother; you, too, are Loki, the god of mischief!"
He thumps him on the back. "Remember that, before you pick up any snakes here."
Well, at least it's put him in a better humor. He needed that, after that depressing confession. He turns bright eyes on Adia, as if he's guessed at something she was thinking about. "But please, do tell the Captain of my presence in the Nexus. I'm sure he would want to know, having fought the good fight against me once before."
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...although, having people think you're being awful when you're trying to save them is its own kind of trick, he supposes. Just less fun than his usual.
His motive for asking about the ring was mostly just to get the information. He hadn't decided what answer he'd have rather heard, so he merely nods when given the data, and continues to wear the thoughtful half-smirk that's become his default expression. The superiority gets disrupted when Thor gives him that look, though, and he sputters and laughs.
"Thor, if you are going to be suspicious of every familiar face that's doubled here, you will have a difficult time, indeed. The multiverse is infinite. There are infinite Lokis in it. Everyone here may be only a fractal of some Trickster's twisted imagination. Look in the mirror, my brother; you, too, are Loki, the god of mischief!"
He thumps him on the back. "Remember that, before you pick up any snakes here."
Well, at least it's put him in a better humor. He needed that, after that depressing confession. He turns bright eyes on Adia, as if he's guessed at something she was thinking about. "But please, do tell the Captain of my presence in the Nexus. I'm sure he would want to know, having fought the good fight against me once before."