[The animal in Loki's lap is not a baby goat. It is preternaturally adorable, though, more or less a ball of white fluff with a stubby tail and huge, dewy, jet black eyes.]

It's a baby seal. [He explains.] Orphaned nearby. I thought you'd like seeing it since it's absurdly cute. You can pet it. I don't think we can keep it on the ship though; someone might eat it.

But I'll make sure it's safe. I can always enchant another mother seal to finish raising it.