[When Thor gets the communicator back from Alenko again, at this belated message, it takes him several long minutes more to reply. Because he's watching the short message over and over again. Yes, that is the spitting image of his younger brother... yes, that is his manner of speaking and even his favorite outfit as an adolescent... but it seems like it has been so very long since he's seen that Loki. A Loki who doesn't have pain behind his eyes and an anger that requires him to ruin everything around him just to get attention.

And what's worse, he's not even sure that this is that Loki, or the old Loki, or a completely different Loki. He finally replies, clearing his throat and looking somewhere between pained, wary, and apologetic.]

Loki... brother. This is not how I anticipated seeing you again, either.