To Tony’s credit, he does not flinch when Loki dredges up his past. He doesn’t know how the alien has access to that information, but he doesn’t need to. Reporters and journalists have been priming him for this very moment for years now. They have no been kind to him when it comes to bringing up the contracts he used to have. And he doesn’t blame them for that. He hadn’t been an evil man, but he hadn’t been a very good one either. It haunts him, the knowledge of the people he’s hurt. It haunts him more that it had taken him this long to feel that guilt too.
So he shrugs. He leans on the hulk cage, resting on his shoulder, and looks fully disinterested in what Loki’s trying to say here. “Not really. I get that I might be in the half of the population that gets destroyed, but I might be in the half that doesn’t. Those are better odds than I usually give myself.”
His smile isn’t nice, but it doesn’t mirror Loki’s.
“If you know about me, you know about this planet. We’re overcrowded. We kill each other over ideologies and resources. Know what would make this place better? A cleansing. What you’re doing here? It’s fine. It’s not enough. We’ve been waiting for Thanos for a long time.” You’re nothing to him, Loki. That’s what that smile says.
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To Tony’s credit, he does not flinch when Loki dredges up his past. He doesn’t know how the alien has access to that information, but he doesn’t need to. Reporters and journalists have been priming him for this very moment for years now. They have no been kind to him when it comes to bringing up the contracts he used to have. And he doesn’t blame them for that. He hadn’t been an evil man, but he hadn’t been a very good one either. It haunts him, the knowledge of the people he’s hurt. It haunts him more that it had taken him this long to feel that guilt too.
So he shrugs. He leans on the hulk cage, resting on his shoulder, and looks fully disinterested in what Loki’s trying to say here. “Not really. I get that I might be in the half of the population that gets destroyed, but I might be in the half that doesn’t. Those are better odds than I usually give myself.”
His smile isn’t nice, but it doesn’t mirror Loki’s.
“If you know about me, you know about this planet. We’re overcrowded. We kill each other over ideologies and resources. Know what would make this place better? A cleansing. What you’re doing here? It’s fine. It’s not enough. We’ve been waiting for Thanos for a long time.” You’re nothing to him, Loki. That’s what that smile says.