Mobius M. Mobius quotes from Loki

Mobius

That's, what, 63 new branches in this unit alone?

Does he want us to just let them all branch?

Mobius

At this point, how are we going to stop it?

Loki

We can't!

Mobius

What? What did you say?

Loki

It's done, Mobius. we made a terrible mistake.

What's done?

Loki

We freed the timeline. We found him beyond the storm. A Citadel at the End of Time. He's terrifying. He planned everything. He's seen everything. He knows everything. It's complicated, okay? But someone is coming. Countless different versions of a very dangerous person and they're all set on war. We need to prepare.

Mobius

Take it easy. You're an analyst, right? What division are you from?

Loki

What? What are you talking about?

Mobius

Who are you? What's your name?

Boots on the ground now. Archives.

Mobius

Who are you?

Mobius

Look, we get the concerns, 'cause we had 'em also, but let's also admit that the Timeline is branching, the sky hasn't fallen, that we—

X-5

What sky are you looking at? Are you seeing this... robot head on the table? Oh, the sky has fallen, Mobius. This changes everything!

This changes nothing! We won't let the Timeline branch. I'm sorry, Hunter -- if we don't protect it, what on earth are you suggesting?

"Protect"? Is that what you think we've been doing?

Mobius

Don't do the "Coulda, woulda, shoulda", just focus on what we know.

Loki

That. [He points to a mural depicting a bombardment.] That is what we know. War. And it's on its way.

Mobius

You just disappeared.

Loki

I know.

Mobius

And I can't keep looking at it, 'cause it's horrible.

Loki

What? I thought you said it didn't look that bad!

Mobius

I was lying i-- it's terrible! It looks like you're being born, or dying, or both at the same time.

Ouroboros

Wow! How long has it been?

Mobius

"How long has it been?" Uh... Could it be three or four--?

Ouroboros

Four hundred years...

Loki

What?

Mobius

Feels like a thousand!

Ouroboros

Remember? You got off on the wrong floor and I told you it was the wrong floor?

Mobius

Wait, that's right! Yes, because then I stayed for a little bit! He took me over--

Ouroboros

No! You left immediately.

Mobius

...well, I'm back!

Ouroboros

It's impossible to time-slip in the TVA!

Mobius

I know, but we just saw it happen!

Ouroboros

Yeah. I'm having trouble reconciling that!

Ouroboros

But it could be dangerous!

Mobius

How dangerous?

Ouroboros

Oh, not too bad if you're quick about it.

Mobius

Gotta be quick about it!

Ouroboros

But if you spend too long in there, that kind of temporal energy will peel the skin right off you!

Mobius

Wait, I thought you said "not too bad", and now you're talking about me getting my skin peeled off of me?

Ouroboros

Oh! Not too bad compared to what Loki has to do.

Mobius

Why? What's Loki gotta do?

Loki

"Violently rip myself from every thread of time and space"... all at once?!

Mobius

Wait, now hold it! I mean, am-- am I ready to get my skin peeled off? I dunno...

Loki

Yeah, am I ready to violently rip myself from every thread of time and space?

Mobius

I would actually rather have that...

Loki

What, you'd rather be atomically disassembled and then never reassembled again?

Mobius

Yeah, than have your skin ripped off? Yes!

Loki

What are you talking about? Then, at least, you get to live!

Mobius

"Live"? What's the quality of life with no skin?!

See, I've read your file. It's you! You're the problem, every time we've ever found a you. Problem is, you think you're special but you're not. So it doesn't matter what outfit you put on, play dress-up or all the little lies you tell your friends or even the lies you tell yourself. At the end of the day, you just make everything worse. For Mobius, for B-15... For your mother. 'Cause that's what you do. You lose. You loser.

Mobius

Loki...

Stop trying to be a hero, man! You're a villain. You're good at it. Do that.

Loki

Thank you, Brad. Very much. I really am touched. You know, you're right. I have done some terrible, awful things. Yeah, maybe that is who I am! I mean, he knows... It's the real me. A loser. Always have been, always will be. And perhaps I've been... Holding something back.

Mobius

Loki--

Loki

Perhaps I've just been... biding my time. Perhaps I've just been waiting for a moment like this, so I can do... terrible, awful things to you.

The TVA is not your real home. Mobius isn't even your real name.

Mobius

Well, it's what I answer to.

Loki

You've never wanted to visit your place on the timeline?

Mobius

Look, that's the last thing I should be thinking about.

Loki

Why? Aren't you curious? I mean, don't you want to see the life you were supposed to live before they kidnapped you and brought you into the TVA?

Mobius

Not really!

Loki

Why?

Mobius

Because it's not my life!

Loki

But it could've been.

Mobius

It isn't. This is. I'd like to thank the guy who kidnapped me and brought me here! Got me this pie...

Loki

If you never look, you'll never know.

Mobius

The TVA is the only life I've ever known. I like it!

Loki

Look, I understand. I, like, I-- I get it! Y'know, you might think twice in case it's... something bad, or--

Mobius

Or something good! Something bad, I can handle. What if it's something good? You-- You think I wanna have that rattling around in here? Of course not!

Victor Timely

Time is everything. It moves through each and every one of us. It shapes our lives. Our futures. But, perhaps, we can shape... it!

Loki

It's him.

Mobius

What? You made him sound like this terrifying figure!

Loki

He is.

Ravonna Renslayer

After all those years of doing your dirty work... cleaning up your messes... making the hard decisions you never had the nerve to make... After all the times... I put the TVA above myself, even at the cost of my own happiness... my humanity... who are you to lecture me about losing my way?

Mobius

We have all lost our way! But someone has to keep track of the big picture here!

Ravonna Renslayer

You have no idea what it takes to lead! To act! To keep order! Did you happen to notice, the second I left, everything crumbled? I'm the only one who can bring stability to the TVA because that's what I've been doing, thanklessly, for eons. None of your words mean a thing. All that matters is order vs. chaos. I'm order.

Mobius

Here's the deal: You have to trust us, and we don't have time.

Victor

I'm from Chicago, friend -- the schadeocracy capital of the world. I don't trust anyone.

Loki

So, if your work is based on his work and his work is based on your work--

Mobius

Exactly -- which came first?

Ouroboros

It's like a snake eating its own tail!