[Look, the more you say no, the more likely it is Loki is to do just that. He is a gigantic pain in the ass, this should be no surprise.]

It's not like I never go to Asgard either- not like mother dearest would ever settle anywhere else after all.

[Loki certainly looks more relaxed and at ease. Less harried, less haunted, less like he was wound to near his breaking point.

Whatever he was going to say was cut off by watching the light show, the trickster letting out a slow whistle.]

Ooh, flashy.

[For all he didn't seem to move at all, Thor might notice the change, the shift to his posture as he was sizing Thor up, before darting in close to try and pitch him off his feet with a low sweeping kick.

And if Thor managed to lay hands on him, he'd go straight through in a shimmer of green. Illusions~!]