Loki casually threw out a card as if at random. This was the first time, he realised, that he didn't know his own hand.

"Upper Tadfield's fair game, we think," he remarked. "So if you're afraid," a smirk "You'd better not leave Lower Tadfield."

Maybe one shouldn't accuse oneself of cowardice, but on the other hand, Odin certainly would have.