[When can he ever afford to be sloppy? It nearly got him killed and it was only luck that people had come to help him.]

Steve warned the whole place about Loki when Loki arrived, from what I've heard. But while we can watch, we can't do anything unless he strikes first. People aren't too keen on grudges from home spilling over.

[He turns his hand when she touches it, letting her see the extent of the damage.]

I'm open to suggestions. I've worked a few days at one of the shops in town.

[He'd missed, huh? That gave him paused and was a relief.]

Loki wanted to know why I'd failed to kill Fury.

[The thought of killing her freezes him to the core.]</small. You're alive. And you're here and real.