"It would make me feel better," she said quietly, still looking just at him. And she was being as careful as she could be to make cleaning his wounds about her, in part because she knew it was true that he would be fine, but also to save his pride here.

She had heard what Thor said, heard what Loki protested, and simply put it aside for now. She was more concerned with what was going on here and now, since her faith in Loki was so deeply invested that hearing a different version of this pivotal moment hardly broke her out of her main concern.