A brief moment of panic, at those words. He has to remind himself that he's not under Loki's control. There's no puppet-string magic thing at work here. He's his own person, despite being tied up, and he's been in worse situations before. He could get out of this no problem. And he will. Soon as he gets a good opportunity.

"You asking my bench-press numbers?" he asks. "You show me yours, I'll tell you mine."