She thinks it would look too suspicious if she kept the garden neat especially since she and I are the only ones living here.

[He walks up to the door and Loki can probably notice that there's a green inscription around the doorknob, supposedly to keep intruders out if they try to mess with the lock.

Briar reaches into his pocket for a house key and unlocks it successfully, but the magic in the inscription... seeps into his skin by the looks of it. He winces, but is fine a few seconds later]