I’m sure that’s quite the threat. [ but he truly has no idea who the hell Loki’s talking about, so he’ll just have to take his tone for it.
it’s a fair point, though. and for all Stephen would love to argue it, he holds his tongue on the matter of overreactions. ]
I don’t care who you’re passing the time with, Loki. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but it’s not any of my business for as long as it’s not doing anyone any harm. [ which it has, already, but there’s no point fighting over slipped scalpels - the harm he’s worried about has more to do with gods in the wrong place and the danger of loss. the Boyfriend Question really wasn’t why he went to the effort of sharing his own secret.]
[ he gets the idea—no Emma Frost, huh? well, at least not one that Stephen knows. ]
I didn't exactly come for a lecture, you know. [ he's going to do what he wants, and neither confirm nor deny anything, thanks. as far as he sees it, it's his business and not anyone else's at this point. the more people push, the more defiant he tends to get. ]
Though I'm curious to ask what you though I left out—I was, for myself, too honest for my taste.
Names. So I could keep an eye on the individuals who have little enough care for their own wellbeing that they'd take a scalpel to themselves without professional supervision.
[ unfortunately, those names seem to belong to people Loki's eager to protect the privacy of, so they're at an impasse. ]
Your honesty gave me an explanation for your involvement and very little else, which is absolutely useless to me retrospectively, but appreciated nonetheless. I don't think I'm getting any more than that, so shall we move on with the Loki files?
[ he's almost pushed too hard once today and drifting into another period of difficult to navigate silence sounds exhausting, so. back to it? ]
No—[ a definite, surprisingly firm Loki no. ]—to betray the dubious intentioned would be one thing, but to betray a partner is downright villainous. It's a position that I'll decline myself to put myself in, you understand, as consequence of being myself. You may be able to stand on the box of your integrity, but I won't be awarded the luxury.
[ not only will he not put himself in that position, he won't open the doors to that sort of trap. ]
Which is exactly why I asked you, of course, about that other self of mine.
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it’s a fair point, though. and for all Stephen would love to argue it, he holds his tongue on the matter of overreactions. ]
I don’t care who you’re passing the time with, Loki. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but it’s not any of my business for as long as it’s not doing anyone any harm. [ which it has, already, but there’s no point fighting over slipped scalpels - the harm he’s worried about has more to do with gods in the wrong place and the danger of loss. the Boyfriend Question really wasn’t why he went to the effort of sharing his own secret.]
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I didn't exactly come for a lecture, you know. [ he's going to do what he wants, and neither confirm nor deny anything, thanks. as far as he sees it, it's his business and not anyone else's at this point. the more people push, the more defiant he tends to get. ]
Though I'm curious to ask what you though I left out—I was, for myself, too honest for my taste.
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[ unfortunately, those names seem to belong to people Loki's eager to protect the privacy of, so they're at an impasse. ]
Your honesty gave me an explanation for your involvement and very little else, which is absolutely useless to me retrospectively, but appreciated nonetheless. I don't think I'm getting any more than that, so shall we move on with the Loki files?
[ he's almost pushed too hard once today and drifting into another period of difficult to navigate silence sounds exhausting, so. back to it? ]
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[ not only will he not put himself in that position, he won't open the doors to that sort of trap. ]
Which is exactly why I asked you, of course, about that other self of mine.