[It becomes evident rather quickly that whatever it is that Hiyori is about to ask him is rather serious. He can see the other man is trying to keep up his usual peppy spirit, but there’s a sadness there, just lurking under the surface, that he can see and understand. A lot has happened since they had become friends and Loki doubts the other man has been unaffected by it all.

Though his first instinct is to jump in, start talking, Loki manages to reign himself in and just listen. It’s something he’s gotten better at in recent years, not just distracting with words, but actually listening to what others are saying to him. Even when it’s something hard to hear. And what Hiyori is saying is very hard to hear.

Loki understands though. He had also been friendly with Rinne and had been horrified when he’d seen his statue. Helping Reign move the statue to his suite had been one of the hardest things he’d had to do since arriving at the Hotel. And Rinne certainly isn’t the only person he’s lost. Scott might have come back in a younger form, but he is not the friend Loki once had. All that Loki has of him is his old visor. Something he has yet to tell his younger variant.]

So we are clear, you wish for me to take the information about the Hotel that you have gathered as well as letters to those you care about and make sure they get where they need to go, in the event that you suffer the same fate as some of our friends who have left abruptly?