[That had not been what Loki was expecting. He looked at her hand, but when she was done speaking, he placed his own over hers.]

You deserve better, than to be a corpse or a living dead woman. You're far stronger than he is, and far better. Seems only right you should fight for that, in my eyes.

[Then more softly.]

Thank you. Before here, I've never actually had friends of my own.