That gets a laugh out of Thor, brief and humorless. He doesn't even know what is right anymore, his judgment suspect since that terrible moment in Wakanda when he'd allowed his grief and rage to guide his hand, instead of his head. And now even that is rebelling against him, haunting him, striking so deeply that sometimes he can't even breathe.
But he supposes that he has not failed what is left of Asgard since they landed, so if Steve wishes to count that as a victory on Thor's part, then so be it. At least they have a place to stay, to build something like a life. That is something, anyway.
He wants to argue that Steve holds far less blame in this than Thor himself does, but the rest of what his friend has to say has him blinking in surprise. He does not know much of Midgardian grieving customs, but an emotional weregild is not exactly what he'd expected. Though he supposes that even Stark's vast riches would not nearly be enough recompense for the billions on Earth whose lives were cut short, and those left behind to grieve. "Just talking? And... that is enough for them?"
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But he supposes that he has not failed what is left of Asgard since they landed, so if Steve wishes to count that as a victory on Thor's part, then so be it. At least they have a place to stay, to build something like a life. That is something, anyway.
He wants to argue that Steve holds far less blame in this than Thor himself does, but the rest of what his friend has to say has him blinking in surprise. He does not know much of Midgardian grieving customs, but an emotional weregild is not exactly what he'd expected. Though he supposes that even Stark's vast riches would not nearly be enough recompense for the billions on Earth whose lives were cut short, and those left behind to grieve. "Just talking? And... that is enough for them?"