"I swore I would not- but. Truly? He is not so honest with even our mother." with anyone, really. And to see him thus truthful with anyone, let alone the woman he cared for is somewhat heartening and thoroughly remarkable. The man he'd known would not care so much to be honest. There hadn't been much room to twist in his favor, and Loki had not attempted to do so as much as he might have otherwise.

It. Did not fit. And yet, for this man, it did.