"Foolish things don't always feel foolish in the heat of the moment," she counters with a wry smile. Everyone simply having bouts of foolishness would be too easy an explanation for such a variety of complex people. "Right buttons pushed at once, anybody's gonna do some stupid stuff. Those are the things it's better to not hold against somebody too much."
Within reason. Of course.
"Probably good to have hit that point already though. Things run smoother for you."
As she speaks, Loki realizes that he actually would like to know what his buttons are. He has an idea of some of them, but even he has been surprised at things that have upset him in the past. Perhaps he'll never know precisely why those things are an issue, but he'd at least know to avoid them if possible. It's something to work on with a warden, perhaps, if only to keep him from being expelled from the ship entirely.
"Thank you for your counsel, Miss Misty. I might just do well here after all."
Not graduation well, necessarily. But not as poorly as he might've thought.
It's reassurance enough. If he can stay on board, eventually the right stimuli will work out a lot of the rest. Something of a weight lifted, she bows her head.
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Within reason. Of course.
"Probably good to have hit that point already though. Things run smoother for you."
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"Thank you for your counsel, Miss Misty. I might just do well here after all."
Not graduation well, necessarily. But not as poorly as he might've thought.
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"Fingers crossed for you."