[Shitshitshitshitshit. That's pretty much his entire thought process right now and he can almost physically feel his brain come to a stuttering halt as he watches the events unfold. He'd already had to confess to Lumina that he values Nico pretty highly. This…was definitely worse.

Oh god. There are way too many things to process and part of him kind of feels like he's going to throw up and part of him kind of just wants to drag Nico off somewhere else and part of him's trying to say this isn't a big deal because it's Shuck's holiday but it goes beyond that. It goes back until at least February when he first spoke to the boy, June when he first saw him.

Shit.]

Yeah…that's him. [He echoes sort of weakly even though Loki's taken over. He braces himself though, tilting his chin up to look Loki in the face but not quite meeting his eyes.] It's not important, apparently. [Thanks, Nico.] Other than the fact I can't make my own decisions and I'm not allowed to do things based on how I feel now? [A shrug. If he can act his way out of this, maybe the damage will be minimal.

He'll apologize to Nico later of course, but first thing's first.]