After hearing Constantine's account, Schiller was not surprised. Counterintuitive as it might seem, in most other universes, Loki was more emotional than his brother Thor. Though he appeared to pursue profit relentlessly, he was not purely profit-driven. He rather enjoyed doing things that served no purpose but gave him an outlet for his emotions.
That was the fundamental reason most versions of Loki failed—he let the tangled love and hatred in his heart control his mind, causing mistakes in either decision-making or execution.
People assumed that those traumatized in childhood, who felt unloved, would be more likely to close off their hearts, become cold, and abandon everything for profit. But that was not true at all. People who were not loved spent their entire lives trying to prove that they were loved, always trying to prove that they could control something. They might not realize it themselves, but it could already have become the underlying logic behind all their actions.
The powerful emotional control required to remain detached and resolutely profit-driven could only be built in an environment full of care. Those lacking concern and affection were precisely more deficient in that regard. What mattered to them in doing something was proving themselves, not achieving the result itself.
Conversely, the more love one received, the more complete one's personality became, and the more one could remain objective and calm while pursuing benefits. They knew that whether they succeeded or failed, someone would love them. They did not need to prove anything. Because they had confidence, they would not fret over gains and losses, and were far less likely to lose their heads over a temporary setback.
The brothers Loki and Thor were like that. Loki appeared more shrewd, like someone who would stop at nothing to achieve his ends, while