[ there are little annoyed and frustrated noises coming out of Jason, some of them low and gruff, and Loki turns his head to look at him. it's not a bother, but it's refreshing how Jason makes strides to pretend it is. Loki is generally all right with his own self-depreciation, but Jason refutes him again, and he doesn't make a motion to push it further.

maybe it's nice to have someone to know your flaws well enough to speak with certainty when a behavior is not that. ]

And us without means of erasing that unfortunate track. [ for now, anyway. ] With my sorcery it was a simple spell, and here it seems far more difficult.