But there are still people who know the origins of the myth. The ones who could, maybe, be convinced to share the details if the pitch was compelling enough. Those are the people I want to talk to. Those are the ones I need to talk to because learning the keys of shard magic is going to be what helps us in the next phase.

[But he's sure Loki knows that and that he's talking in circles, as usual.]

...I know you said you wouldn't teach me how to activate my shard until I learned how to conceal it, but what can I do to prepare for that in the meantime?