It's a stabilizing influence on the both of them it seemed, for all the others didn't know this Loki well enough before he came here to know for sure one way or the other.

"Depends on what I'm in the mood for." Loki commented conversationally as she eased herself up off his lap, giving his hair an affectionate ruffle. "I could just send you on a chase for a bilgesnipe."

Not that she would. They were edible sure, but for all she knew Steve would go after one if he thought she wanted it, she wasn't about to send him on that sort of miserable trek.