[This would mean Helios has been the first person he has ever invited to his quarters. What an excellent milestone, it would almost be worthy of a celebration of some sort.]

Aye, it is an excellent deal. As expected from my most brilliant mind.

[Loki points at his head to emphasize his statement.]

I do believe you're right. But I also know a shortcut.

[He knows his way around the village already and all the interesting shortcuts that make his life in the land of Luceti so much easier.]

The shorter cut or extreme, vile cold?