[ He does smile at that. It's nice to hear, even if he's starting to wonder how true it really is. Loki has gotten this far because of his own decision to move forward. Eventually he'll see that for himself, and Steve feels a selfish twinge of resentment, but it fades quickly. ]

You'll do all right. It's hard to see the light at the end of things sometimes, but it always comes. It'll just take some work to get there.