"Humans are, indeed, human," she agrees. "But isn't that the best part about them? They make an impact all out of proportion to what they should be able to. The ultimate scrappy underdogs. In the face of a multiverse full of things beyond their ken, they say 'So what?' and plough on anyway."

Loki gestures as she speaks, hands moving descriptively, long fingers dancing through the air.

"They also invented coffee and bacon."