It hadn’t to Thor, but Loki had made a point of learning things, over the years. Sometimes knowing one extra fact was more dangerous than any spell. “It does.” A creature who could incite lust, for whom sex was food. Loki let himself be smug about his correct reasoning for a moment before forcing his focus back on the woman.

it was easy, he wanted to look at her. (Wanted to do much more than look at her, shields or no shields. They were only granting him a choice in the matter.) “Assuming that’s what you are,” very safe assumption, “if I actually had any skills as a healer, I’d say it looks like you’re not eating enough.” That too felt like a safe assumption: she was clearly in a state where anything looked good.