[ the other queries are indexed and tabled, likely to be flung in Strange's face during a strop and pursued with Loki at a later time, if the doctor finds himself unable to offer intelligence.
Loki asked first, so Fitz focuses on answering him. ]
He killed my team's leader. A good man. The best, actually.
[ said not to guilt Loki but to forewarn him of how this universe triangulates around the other Loki (not just as a grand danger but as the perpetrator of an intimate tragedy). Even if Stark and Strange gave him a neutral welcome, others would be less inclined to professionalism. Coulson may have been resurrected, but his life is a costly and fragile thing. Damaged. ]
Loki also opened a wormhole to bring a Chitauri army down on New York. The city still hasn't recovered, five years later. Altogether, he forced SHIELD to activate the Avengers Initiative for the first time, and I'm sure you can imagine how it panned out for him from there.
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Loki asked first, so Fitz focuses on answering him. ]
He killed my team's leader. A good man.
The best, actually.
[ said not to guilt Loki but to forewarn him of how this universe triangulates around the other Loki (not just as a grand danger but as the perpetrator of an intimate tragedy). Even if Stark and Strange gave him a neutral welcome, others would be less inclined to professionalism. Coulson may have been resurrected, but his life is a costly and fragile thing. Damaged. ]
Loki also opened a wormhole to bring a Chitauri army down on New York. The city still hasn't recovered, five years later.
Altogether, he forced SHIELD to activate the Avengers Initiative for the first time, and I'm sure you can imagine how it panned out for him from there.