Now, there was something about Obi-Wan, wasn't there? A quiet calm, a surety, and the raging tempest of Loki's heart longed for it. He shifted closer to the Knight, not even entirely sure why.

Loki exhaled, slowly.

"Then you should know that they could have done ever-so-much better than me."

Such a bald-faced admission! Loki had wanted to believe he was the hero they'd been looking for ever since they arrived, and he still did, he still wanted to believe.