My motive is this.

[ he holds up the scrywatch. before the colour was orange. now it had shifted to yellow. ]

Positive actions have an effect. They may yield rewards. So what I do is inherently selfish. It benefits me.

[ and he's not ashamed of that. not anymore. sometimes it comes to him, sickly and pale, a shade of plaster over his blue skin. but loki feels it's better to admit what he is than to act like something he's not. ]