It took a lot of what Loki had not to roll his eyes at the polite nothings, though he waved one hand, not quite dismissively, before giving in to the urge to twist his hands together. Thor didn’t understand, but that was fine. Inner death wasn’t the same as outer death, it wasn’t as obvious or immediate... and there was every chance that Thor was just used to it, in himself.

And on the subject of outer death, the part that would cause a Thor explosion. “You said that you thought I was improvising. That things happened I didn’t expect, my plan fell apart, and I was winging it. I didn’t see that at all. I saw points thee and four, maybe, of a fifteen to twenty point plan. That being the case, I think it’s very likely I’m going to make sure I do everything the same.”