[ there's no reply to that, he just smiles a little knowingly.

Volstagg once said while those Aesir sat over their meals in Odin's Hall, filling themselves with meat and mead, that Loki filled himself by devouring people's weaknesses. some old habits died hard, but Loki still had his own agenda. he could've glanced around and left, but there was no rush. ]

They do. Where there are those that are terrified, others are enamored. It's not so different from when a deity finally heeds a call from a temple of worship.