The remark itself may be dry, but it is still sufficiently marinated in disgust to make it believable. And indeed it's by far not as much a lie as many other comments Loki has made during his life have been. And even though he isn't clarifying whether he is talking about the worm or the human, it remains safe to assume that he means the insect.
Granted, he has many reasons to (still) be angry with the sorcerer, but a couple of recent developments have caused a bit of a shift in priorities for the Asgardian. His own still too recent death being one of them. Finding himself in this realm rather than simply, you know, dead - That's another. Lacking access to his magic? Well, that one he's truly mad about. So in a way Stephen may consider himself lucky that Loki's wrath is currently preoccupied elsewhere when the Asgardian stumbles across the human and his little insect-problem.
It's also thanks to Loki being rather displeased with his own situation that he refrains from making any further unrequited comment or settling back to watch Stephen struggle, but instead grabs the man by the shoulder with one hand and grabbing the worm with the other while directing a simple command at Stephen, unaware of the effect the bug has on the other man.
A Slave Obeys
The remark itself may be dry, but it is still sufficiently marinated in disgust to make it believable. And indeed it's by far not as much a lie as many other comments Loki has made during his life have been. And even though he isn't clarifying whether he is talking about the worm or the human, it remains safe to assume that he means the insect.
Granted, he has many reasons to (still) be angry with the sorcerer, but a couple of recent developments have caused a bit of a shift in priorities for the Asgardian. His own still too recent death being one of them. Finding himself in this realm rather than simply, you know, dead - That's another. Lacking access to his magic? Well, that one he's truly mad about. So in a way Stephen may consider himself lucky that Loki's wrath is currently preoccupied elsewhere when the Asgardian stumbles across the human and his little insect-problem.
It's also thanks to Loki being rather displeased with his own situation that he refrains from making any further unrequited comment or settling back to watch Stephen struggle, but instead grabs the man by the shoulder with one hand and grabbing the worm with the other while directing a simple command at Stephen, unaware of the effect the bug has on the other man.
"Just hold still."