"Only, if you don't care what happens to that which you swore on," Loki returned with a shrug.

It might be an empty threat, or it might not. He often didn't know that he could pull something off until he had to. The other's family certainly seemed out of his reach now, but there might be a way to find them, if he set his mind to it.

"Everything else got pretty hot. I thought it was at least worth checking."