[ Loki glances up, this time to make sure that Hiro is distracted with someone else before he turns back to Rin. there's a wince and his expression drops into something more serious. because this? this is terrifying.

his voice comes out as an accented whisper. ]

What they were doing down there wasn't just building machines with shardstuff. I've had much of the experience you have. [ he almost blew himself up, that was fun. ] But this ... [ green eyes narrow. ] This was something different. It was something unnatural.

I'm a god. I can feel the pinpricks and vibrations of the course of reality. This was off, like recreating a symphony in a sinister tempo with an organ. They weren't just using shards, they were warping them with blood magic.