Loki took a drink from his bottle, which fizzed quite a bit. He wasn't sure he liked it but, then again, he was at that point in the evening where it didn't much matter to him either way.

"The 'trip' is a figure of speech," he said, amused, but didn't tease her about it, because the mention of the mistletoe made him want to laugh instead. "Yes, a plant with ancient significance," he said, idly. "There's quite a story involving me and that plant. But yes, apparently that's the thing to do all through the last week of December. But New Year's needs to be heralded with a kiss. I gather it's rather upsetting not to take part in that custom."