"It isn't easy." Thor had given up on trying to puzzle his brother out after all these years, and simply accepted the only important truth: that Loki loved him, regardless of what other truths or lies he told, and that would always be constant as the beating of Thor's own heart. Even now, after all of this. His fingers curled lightly in the fabric of Loki's tunic.

Thor's grin widened a fraction, and the short exhale as he closed his eyes may have been the ghost of a laugh. "I think you're remembering the opposite of the truth. But if you would like, I will be happy to bring you back to reality sometime soon."