Thor takes a deep, shuddering breath. Thor rarely felt vulnerable, but he felt it now. He was suddenly and tremendously grateful that the lights were still off. He didn't want Tony to see his face.
"I've failed," he says, hoarsely. "I've failed so many people over--" Asgard and the dwarves of Nidavellir "-- and over --" The Statesman and all the people on it "-- and over again." Wakanda and the entire universe.
"I was the only person in the universe that could have stopped him." Thor is more certain of that that anything else in his life. "But I didn't. I was too angry, too foolish. Too..."
Thor stops there and looks at a fixed point on the wall. It should probably come as a relief to finally tell somebody, but it doesn't. All there is a guilt so great it threatens to consume him completely. He has only held himself together for a purpose: to make things right. Purpose was the only reason he had the presence of mind to continue pressing forward after Thanos' attack on the Asgardian arc. It was purpose that kept him intact right now.
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"I've failed," he says, hoarsely. "I've failed so many people over--" Asgard and the dwarves of Nidavellir "-- and over --" The Statesman and all the people on it "-- and over again." Wakanda and the entire universe.
"I was the only person in the universe that could have stopped him." Thor is more certain of that that anything else in his life. "But I didn't. I was too angry, too foolish. Too..."
Thor stops there and looks at a fixed point on the wall. It should probably come as a relief to finally tell somebody, but it doesn't. All there is a guilt so great it threatens to consume him completely. He has only held himself together for a purpose: to make things right. Purpose was the only reason he had the presence of mind to continue pressing forward after Thanos' attack on the Asgardian arc. It was purpose that kept him intact right now.