O.B., how long will it take me to know everything that you know about mechanics, physics and engineering?
How much do you know?
Let's assume I don't know much. But I'm a fast learner... and I'm a god.
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My Loom will never be able to accommodate for an infinitely growing multiverse. You can't scale for "infinite".
This... This isn't the first time we've had this conversation, is it?
How did you know?
I know about the slipping? And who do you think paved that road? Any guesses? Survey says...
He... Who Remains.
"We die with the dying... We're born with the dead."
[to He Who Remains, after freezing time] And what makes you think... this is the first time we've had this conversation?
I made the tough choices, that's why I get the big chair. I keep us safe. Can't you see what I'm offering here is mercy?
For me, or for you?
You wanna hear a good story? Listen to this one. A couple Hunters went out on a mission somewhere near the Black Sea to find a Variant who's gonna be responsible for five thousand deaths -- five thousand deaths that were not in the proper flow of time. They get there, and there's a little hiccup; the Variant is an eight-year-old boy. He was just minding his own business! Swimming with his brother, jumping off the dock... And one of the Hunters, who had never had trouble pruning before, he had never hesitated but that day, he did! He paused. Timeline started to branch, more Variants appeared, happened so fast his partner had to step in and prune the kid. But by then, cat was out of the bag. Couple Hunters died, all because that one Hunter... he lost sight of the bigger picture. You gotta keep the big picture in mind.
Hm.
Most purpose is more "burden" than "glory". And trust me, you never wanna be the guy who avoids it 'cause you can't live with the burden.
How do you live with it?
...scar tissue.
She knew the hard thing to do was the thing that had to be done. And by "hard", I mean "impossible". No, there's no comfort. You just choose your burden.
It's not enough to protect the Sacred Timeline, Loki. Even down there is full of death and destruction and injustice. Do you really wanna be the god who takes away everyone's free will so you can protect that?
But what good is free will if everyone's dead?
And who are you to say we can't die trying? Who are you to say we can't die fighting? You're replacing one nightmare with another. I grew up in apocalypses, Loki. I've lived through enough of them to know that sometimes, it's okay to destroy something.
I know what I want. I know what kind of god I need to be. For you. For all of us.
You think the TVA is gonna miss a tired, washed up ol' analyst with a heart of gold?
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I think there's one or two who will.
Where you gonna go?
[shrugs as if to say "I don't know"] You?
I might just wait here for a little bit. Let time pass...
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