[Loki knows what loneliness and solitude can do and he does not wish such things to happen to her. Despite what academies and capitols might say.]

I will not do so.

[He nudges her briefly.]

Perhaps we can finish it together. I see a bird in this sculpture but it is not yet finished. Carving wood is a good way to pass time, you see?

[There's a small pause...]

It won't. Believe me. I do not lie.