[He's not completely naive but he's way out of his depth in this time and with all these new sights and sensations and so he wants to put his faith in someone who has offered to help. So far he can't see a reason why Loki would be lying or playing games with him - even if the earlier display was very blunt. He thinks he got the message of such shock value by throwing him in the deep end and seeing how he coped. Thankfully, while currently bewildered, he is adaptable.]

Originally, I am from Washington. More recently I was traveling through Oregon. The Gold Rush, you know? Everyone was after gold...

[Here he glances again at his left hand and frowns.]

This... must be related. Like some sort of cruel joke.

[As yet, he's fixated more on the inconvenience and strangeness over the possible benefits of being able to create gold at a touch.]