If Loki were to have made a list of things he'd have expected Cole to say, admitting to being a native spirit would not have graced its pages. His surprise is evident in the way he blinks and straightens his spine, ever so slightly, before he busies himself with the process of making a cup of tea for the boy.

Spirit. Whatever.

"People here are very afraid of spirits and other denizens from the Veil or beyond." It's said without malice, as if he were commenting on the weather or the appetizer at dinner. "I imagine if you're honest with people about what you are, they don't take it as a comfort."