"Perhaps this time he'll try to warn me instead of you." Loki sounded amused by the very idea. "As nice as this is though, we still have delicious treats to indulge in. Though you might also get me to dance again too, afterwards."
Gently pulling back, hand moving to find one of hers and bringing it briefly up for a kiss, before preparing to lead her back to the table.
"It is rather potent for a human..." Holding her chair out for her. "Rest assured, were I to take you to bed, I'd still prefer you to be good conversation and clever. Being too inebriated for that would not be attractive to me."
"Only physically, would you be considered 'weak' or 'frail'." Whether she'd catch implied meanings and compliments in that statement he didn't know. But that was the point.
"If you're going to lie, learn to do it better." With an amused grin sent her way.
"Well, in a way, you aren't lying. Eventually, they will be 'okay'...just not in the way they think you're saying." Here was part of why Loki was a liar, and a good one. He could twist words around.
"Now you should eat more before you have more wine."
"I'm not entirely sure of their current status. I recall vaguely hearing something about him being left by her." Loki can't hide the amusement he feels at that, or the smugness.
Loki had certainly never considered dating a human before. Although he supposed they should clarify what 'dating' meant. Or being 'friends'--he wasn't used to that. It wasn't he hadn't had relationships with them before, but they were very rare, brief, and non-committal.
"Nor is it obvious necessarily when I'm doing so. It works better if you're subtle about it." With a raise of his glass towards her and an amused, but secretive, smile.
"Which means you're now wondering if I'm acting or not." No he hadn't read her mind, it just seemed like the next logical path. Nor could he read minds.
A pause, blue-green eyes studying her again, expression serious. "I did not expect to find someone I am...comfortable with. Could be friendly with, among humans."
"Why?" Yes he was absolutely wonderful although few saw it that way. But she was a trauma surgeon, in New York. She knew what he was capable of, what he'd done. At the very least. Yet she'd been polite and friendly towards him--kind at least, since their first meeting.
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