They are, [ Loki says easily, but there's a little petulance underneath all of that. Is it so strange that he could have changed? He knows he hasn't changed much in his many years amongst the Nine Realms and now Thedas but. Still. ]

For one thing, it wasn't truly about ruling Midgard. Not entirely. That was supposed to be a nice side effect, and possibly a way to convince the Mad Titan to ignore the planet once I got for him what he'd demanded of me. [ Loki shrugs, leaning casually against one of the tables. ] For another it wouldn't have gotten me what I actually wanted in the first place, which is neither here nor there.