Loki.

[The smile fades, her hand reaching out to take his though she did not hold tight.]

Thor...he wants me to say it is his. To protect it-- to protect her. To make up a story of how we came together while I was ill.

The All-Father wants us to wed before she is born. I haven't answered either of them. I was waiting--

[Her eyes search his face. Wanting him to forbid it. Wanting him to command her just this once and she would obey. Only this once.]

I just want her to be safe.