"I understand that urge," Loki says quietly, before adding a bit more firmly. "If that was his passion as well, I'd think he would be quite proud."

Idly he traces a little figure on the railing with one finger. "People like to share their passions."

Something about this is obviously painful for her, and he wonders at what. Somehow he doubts her situation is like his, where he had a father he was destined to never please, and one who wasn't his real father at that.