[ not as if R&D wasn't a military operation, but something strikes him as a little different with this. enough that Hiro felt the need to point it out. ]

Then you've already made your decision. You do know no matter how you frame it that you get to the same end?

[ the racks of cookies go in the oven and Loki hopes for the best. there's not much here to gauge temperature except for, well, himself, and he wasn't always the best judge that he could be. (see: he could be, if he wanted to be.) ]