( it shouldn't have been possible. an inferior creature like that insectoid shouldn't have been able to probe his subconscious, especially not with such ease. what was worse, he was so shocked that he hadn't been able to hide it. anger was swift to follow, rising to the surface and making his fingers twitch to retaliate, with a spell or a knife, it would've been anyone's guess. but he tamped down the urge, letting the white-hot emotion simmer just beneath his skin. he still tries most days to be on his best behavior, so as not to alienate his best chance at survival in the coming war.
it's got nothing to do with anything mantis described. loki has little care for thor or his friends, and as soon as it becomes more convenient to be in someone else's favor, he'll switch sides. that bug woman didn't know what she was talking about. and if he's been uncharacteristically silent since her little empathic parlor trick, it's not because he's embarrassed. because that would make it seem like what she said was true.
while thor sits on the bed, loki stands in the corner of their small room, undoing one of his gauntlets and not looking at thor. part of him wants to ignore his brother, to play the petty younger sibling and hold his tongue until it riles thor to anger, but that wouldn't look good, either. so, he says, ) And what would you have me speak about?
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it's got nothing to do with anything mantis described. loki has little care for thor or his friends, and as soon as it becomes more convenient to be in someone else's favor, he'll switch sides. that bug woman didn't know what she was talking about. and if he's been uncharacteristically silent since her little empathic parlor trick, it's not because he's embarrassed. because that would make it seem like what she said was true.
while thor sits on the bed, loki stands in the corner of their small room, undoing one of his gauntlets and not looking at thor. part of him wants to ignore his brother, to play the petty younger sibling and hold his tongue until it riles thor to anger, but that wouldn't look good, either. so, he says, ) And what would you have me speak about?