[John turns to greet the other man, taken a little aback by his subtle otherworldiness, wings aside. Perhaps it was just that he was not used to meeting people from another world, or an unknowning suggestion of Loki's god status in his height and demeanor. But he smiles slightly, if a bit bitterly.]

Despite the possible consequences, I'm glad I didn't have to find my way out of a forest atop everything else that's happened today.

[The doctor shifted his weight, licking his lips.]

If you don't mind my asking, who did you mean by 'they'? The people that brought us here?