[ it just get harder the longer he lingers. for a moment it's as if he won't follow up, as if his hesitance has gripped its cold fingers into him and tightened up his heart. it coils like a snake in his throat, trying to come up around it.

this is a first step, right? he owes Thor so much more than just this. ]

I ... [ just a little more. ] I feel victim to it. [ a hand goes to the back of his head. ] There's much that I haven't told you, that I mean to, Thor, just ...

Some things I feel like I've stepped away from. Trying to be better than the Loki that's still so fresh in your mind, these habits that come back to haunt me. [ his brows pinch at the center, and he breathes. ] Like I'll never be able to stop hurting people.