Hope is a rather fragile thing. And I do not get much of it, alas. Ah...hold on.

[Loki clacks his tongue a couple of times to get Frakki to speed up a bit.]

Perhaps you are unaware of what pain has done to a Loki. My elder self is a perfect example of that. Pain corrupts, clouds the mind, twists your outlook on everything else.

I wish to stay sanguine, even though there is a significant amount of pain.