[He shrugs one shoulder.]

We quarreled. [Though that perhaps wasn't an entirely fair summation of that horrible conversation. He sighed and closed his eyes. Faithless, doubting Loki again.] No, that's not quite right. 'tis more that I've caused her enough pain for one day. [He takes a shaky breath.] This is yet one more thing that was not real.

[He's already troubled her enough with things that aren't real, hasn't he?]