"Not using it effectively. Maybe I should be out there more, doing more. Should've been taking time this whole while to hone the skills necessary to use it all better."

Which are unreasonable demands, he knows, which is probably why he hasn't done all that in the first place. And he wouldn't expect the same of Loki. It's hard not to want to be a hypocrite about the whole thing, so...he sighs.

"It can't be for nothing, is maybe what I'm trying to say." Which is perhaps not true, but it's how he sees it. "I'll figure out how and where to use it as it comes to me." A glance over at his friend, askance. "That's why you've been staring at me and pretending like you haven't been?"