[ His eyebrows lift at that little tidbit of family drama, though he doesn't ask the why? that he wants to. He knows enough about Loki to know that there's layers upon layers of history for every decision he makes, ever action taken, and there are some things that either aren't his business or that he's not quite sure he wants to know. Not yet, anyway. ]

Well. I don't know many royal families personally, but from what I've read about them, that doesn't seem to be too far off-base.

[ Does that make you feel better, Loki?

He studiously busies himself with a large mouthful of roast vegetables to postpone answering. ]

Let's just say he goes quite a bit faster than the horses I'm used to.