Loki's horse moved quickly and lightly, commanded more by gesture than by the reins. His eyes flick over the knight's posture, of the way the horse moved.

"He trusts you," he said. "And how did you manage that? You don't know horses."

The Knight was the de facto leader of the expedition, and, therefore, the one on whom Loki would focus. He wanted to know if this man was a warrior. If he was worthy of even Loki's fickle alliance, or his capricious obedience.