In Times of Trouble
A Thor, Supernatural Crossover
"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
-Lao Tzu
Once they've disentangled, each Loki's bits to their own, there's a moment of contemplation. Gabriel is dead to his world. The effort to throw himself out of existence to keep his brother from suspecting tossed him past Purgatory and into the Nothing. Likewise, those who knew him -or thought they did- believe Loki to have perished. If he remained in his physical form that would be true, but a last minute shifting of his essence to a parallel plane of existence saved him from death.
The dead have no commitments, no pressing duties, and all of Creation is spread out before them. The perfect distraction.