"Yes," he says, quiet, but sure. There's no hesitation. "I - I can't say that if some way back presents itself... I don't know if my not going back is going to cause problems."
That's putting it mildly; but honestly, in a lot of ways? He'd ended up here from the least problematic timeframe he could've been pulled from. Sure, Mjolnir is an issue, but the soul stone...
If he has to live with the guilt of not even trying to barter it back for Natasha's life... well. Then that's his guilt to carry, and he will. He doesn't even know if it would have worked. And whatever he had been going to do, after it was all done - that's the part that's gone.
So: "But I can't plan on that happening. This is where I am, and this is where I will make my home. With Winter. And with you, and with whoever will join us. And we will try to save this place because we and it and all the people here are worth saving. And if we can't - then we will make lives here and do the most good we can."
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"Yes," he says, quiet, but sure. There's no hesitation. "I - I can't say that if some way back presents itself... I don't know if my not going back is going to cause problems."
That's putting it mildly; but honestly, in a lot of ways? He'd ended up here from the least problematic timeframe he could've been pulled from. Sure, Mjolnir is an issue, but the soul stone...
If he has to live with the guilt of not even trying to barter it back for Natasha's life... well. Then that's his guilt to carry, and he will. He doesn't even know if it would have worked. And whatever he had been going to do, after it was all done - that's the part that's gone.
So: "But I can't plan on that happening. This is where I am, and this is where I will make my home. With Winter. And with you, and with whoever will join us. And we will try to save this place because we and it and all the people here are worth saving. And if we can't - then we will make lives here and do the most good we can."
He's done that before. He can do it again.