Loki sat as indicated. The fingers of his free hand twitched as he saw the puffs blinking out of existence. It was a bit surprising that his cat instincts would surface after only trying out the horse shape once, but then there was something playful and independent about cats that matched his own personality well.

"But why convince them to do anything?" he asked. "Humans should do as they wish and when the stakes are high some will be cowards and some will be heroes, but all will be fools."

Not that gods were any better than men in that respect.