[With a sigh, Loki forces himself to drop the idea of going to Clint's timeline to 'help' the Avengers to reunite.] Good.
I-- know it must be unnerving to have me asking after that, since... you did say it was surprising to you that I cared. And I-- would apologize, but-- I'm not sorry I care more than them, [Loki blusters out on an awkward laugh.]
Just-- no one knows what to do. I don't-- mean to be unnerving. I'm protective. Of my friends and an entire realm and my debt. I know, in your timeline, they're not my friends and it isn't... my debt, as you said. But in some ways they will act the same, and I can't go back to my own timeline. Not with Thanos and Odin and the stone there. I'd be repossessed and tossed in a cell, so if any debt's... going to be repaid... it means doing so in other timelines. Without the stone or Thanos present.
That-- that doesn't mean I want to go to your timeline either, but just... I needed to make sure they were safe.
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I-- know it must be unnerving to have me asking after that, since... you did say it was surprising to you that I cared. And I-- would apologize, but-- I'm not sorry I care more than them, [Loki blusters out on an awkward laugh.]
Just-- no one knows what to do. I don't-- mean to be unnerving. I'm protective. Of my friends and an entire realm and my debt. I know, in your timeline, they're not my friends and it isn't... my debt, as you said. But in some ways they will act the same, and I can't go back to my own timeline. Not with Thanos and Odin and the stone there. I'd be repossessed and tossed in a cell, so if any debt's... going to be repaid... it means doing so in other timelines. Without the stone or Thanos present.
That-- that doesn't mean I want to go to your timeline either, but just... I needed to make sure they were safe.