[ ah ... it's a little odd to be confronted by concern, and she takes him so off-guard that she gets a moment of squint, as if he's trying to parse out just what she's trying to get to. ]

... Not well. [ Ahad had begun to fade, and Loki's abilities were beginning to dull to the point of outward frustration. may as well say it like it is. ] Whatever's afflicting this world is also beginning to afflict us.

It's about more than that. Something's zapping everything.