The sound of her name on his lips threw Wanda, although she couldn't have said why exactly. She did know that she didn't enjoy being the one so easily read. Under different circumstances, what Loki described was exactly what she would want to be doing. Her fingers twitched longingly just at the thought. If only things were different. If only she and Pietro could have settled into cushy jobs in engineering. If only, if only.
But was she really transparent as all that? Wanda supposed that while she was lying about what mattered most--her real reason for wanting to stay in the Capitol, her only purpose for living now, really--she had been unexpectedly honest about her past and current circumstances. It made her feel uneasy, actually. To feel like Loki might actually understand her in some small way. She glanced again at the two men in the distance, but while Loki's attention was darkly directed at Stark, Wanda's drifted to Thor again. She hadn't forgotten that unexpected revelation, that Loki had also watched a brother take on the very worst the Capitol could throw at him.
She wondered vaguely what was behind Loki's hatred of Tony Stark. Her own reasons were obvious, but was it only Stark's boisterous public persona and wild drinking that was the issue? It seemed insufficient reason to be eyeing him with such distaste. Was it even remotely possible that he was opposed to the Capitol's excesses? Even if only in some small way?
It was a foolishly wishful notion, Wanda chastised herself immediately, and one not backed up by facts in the least. One didn't go to parties at President Stane's mansion expecting to encounter revolutionaries. It was ridiculous. She was in danger of letting her desire for revenge affect her better judgement. And that was dangerous. Wanda was playing for keeps, she needed to remain grimly clear eyed.
"I'd love that," she said earnestly, tracing the rim of her glass with a finger. "Being... busy, I guess. Having something concrete to do." She managed another smile, "I hope you're right, if my success here depends on brute strength or my fashion sense I'm doomed."