It's less that Loki had forgotten about Benedict and more that for one thing, there are a lot of people coming and going in the Gallows, and for another, he's been... distracted. Mostly with the developing situation between him and Alexandrie, but she's not here, and Benedict has nodded, so Loki takes that as an invitation to bring over his plate of fruit and coffee mug and situate himself across from this person who is not quite his friend and definitely not quite a stranger.

"Hello," he says as he sits down. "How've you been, Benedict?"