Loki was in a much better mood for this breakfast than he had been the previous one, though all things considered, that wasn't such an achievement. Still, the acquisition of books - even if they were rather primitive books and not precisely in his area of interest - was enough to put an extra little spring in his step. Not having something to read had started to prey upon his mind rather badly.

Notebook tucked under his arm, he followed the nurse to breakfast after bidding her a polite good morning that wasn't even too forced.

The pancakes looked interesting enough, though not on par with the waffles that had greeted him his first morning. He avoided the appallingly sticky syrup and covered the bready things with fruit, since that seemed reasonable enough. That and a cup of tea were enough to have him feeling downright cheerful.

Or as cheerful as Loki got when he wasn't yanking on the strings of some innocent puppet. But all in good time. Foundations, foundations, foundations.

He settled in at a table and started picking away at his pancakes while working on a new set of figures in his notebook. It would pass the time reasonably until Rita arrived. Hopefully the conversation with her would be like yet another well-deserved treat.

[Rita]