He'd been wrong. Terribly wrong. He'd thought the mirror was a punishment, a reminder -- don't forget, this is what you are. Instead, it was the opposite. This is what you think, but remember you can change...

The realization was earthshattering. Loki looked back on the past few days absolutely dumbfounded.

Silver tongue turned to lead?

"The balance," he says, slowly, his mind turning to the thorns, the heroes. "Where is it, now? Tilted in which direction?"