[Loki was happy to sink into the affection, to lean into it like a cat almost. Idly letting his own fingers stroke skin where his arm was around her.]

It's funny...probably good that things took a turn for the interesting. I tend to work best when my mind has something to focus on and can deal with other problems in the background.

[Aside from settling in, and now the ball, this actually was the first time Loki could possibly start processing all that had happened. He'd dealt with some of it, even while hiding under an illusion as Odin and ruling Asgard. But since his deception had been discovered, it had been one thing after another...]