Loki snarls in response to this, baring his teeth "Me?! It is not I who failed to protect her and you do well know that much! What chance was there for me to intervene with what happened from the dungeons?!"

His expression only grows more grim "But, oh, by far he is no broken man. He took both, her and my own death exceptionally well and strode away from Asgard grinning like a moron to return to that mortal of his! Freed of the burden of ruling that he has never been fit to carry. You know, I just might have challenged him there, but he outright declined and moved away. So I may as well keep it. I will prove to them that I am well capable without gaining that disdainful looks as they believe to be bowing down in front of their old King." he barks a short, still grim laugh "But one day, they will learn the truth. That they knelt before me, not Odin, and they were unable to tell the difference!"