Loki doesn't miss the fact that Stephen does very exactly and very abruptly what he has been told. It's less the part where the man stops moving at all, but rather the odd suddenness in which Stephen ceases to do anything. The Asgardian raises a brow in response, putting his plan to jerk the nasty worm free on an at least temporary hold while shifting his attention back onto the insect for a bit of a closer look.
"Not yet...?" He muses, loosening his grasp around the creature enough for it to begin squirming more aggressively and attempting to - Burrow into Stephen's neck?
The Asgardian watches these frantic movements for maybe two and a half seconds, lips pressing into a thin line before his hand closes around the worm again and he plain yanks it out, tearing skin and flesh along with it. The worm is tossed onto the ground and almost instantly impaled by a small blade thrown right after it by a still sufficiently disgusted Loki.
"No." he declares with a simple finality before shifting his attention away from the insect and back to the sorcerer "Please tell me you weren't as attached to it as it was to you, because this was gross."
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"Not yet...?" He muses, loosening his grasp around the creature enough for it to begin squirming more aggressively and attempting to - Burrow into Stephen's neck?
The Asgardian watches these frantic movements for maybe two and a half seconds, lips pressing into a thin line before his hand closes around the worm again and he plain yanks it out, tearing skin and flesh along with it. The worm is tossed onto the ground and almost instantly impaled by a small blade thrown right after it by a still sufficiently disgusted Loki.
"No." he declares with a simple finality before shifting his attention away from the insect and back to the sorcerer "Please tell me you weren't as attached to it as it was to you, because this was gross."