Loki gave a slow blink, and was still grinning. "It's probably a good thing you're not close with your magical friends then. They'd warn you against me no doubt." He himself had already warned her that he wasn't sentimental.

Her comment about groceries however, brought up an idea. "I am...unaccustomed to paying for things. But to repay your kindness I would take you to dinner. A very nice dinner." It would be fine--he'd simply nudge people to do what he wanted.