He knows Loki knows he knows. But he doesn't end it. Should. Should put an end to this.

Doesn't.

"Where are you?"

He doesn't mean here, in this barn, in this dream. He means, he thinks he means, out there in the world. Is he in another galaxy? Is he laying right beside him, whispering into his ear? Pressed to him, hands exploring--

No. That's an image unbidden.

"Did you get lost?"

Was this intrusion deliberate or an accident?