[ It feels impossible with what Steve knows he would leave behind. Yeah, that hits the nail on the head, whether or not Claude fully realizes it.
The idea of returning to a different timeline is one that hadn't even occurred to him yet, only that there might be two very similar yet distinct ones — based on his own feelings. Again, it's only a theory, but he's come this far with the explanation. He may as well finish it off.
Still, he takes another drink and lets Claude say his piece, nodding at that question. ] I think that's what made me realize we should just go for it. Whatever is ahead of me, even if in theory I know what it's supposed to be, it still feels so uncertain.
[ He sets his glass down, but reaches out to trace his finger around the rim of it as he figures out how to explain. ]
We stopped Thanos, but someone still had to go and return the Stones to all the places in space and time that we took them from. Apparently, I volunteer to do that. That much checks out. [ Steve's the one to always jump into danger and shield others from it, so it makes sense that he would volunteer for such a dangerous trip. ] But... well, according to Sam I just never come back. [ Not entirely true, he did come back in a way, but he won't go into all that. ] Not because I got lost, or because something happened, but because I decided to stay in the past with... well, with someone I loved, who I'd lost.
[ It might sound romantic at first, like a nice bit of closure, but something about it still doesn't sit right with Steve. It doesn't matter how many times he's thought it through since Sam originally told him, he still feels this way.
He looks up from the glass, staring Claude down now. ]
But I can't see myself doing that. I worked so hard to get back people like Sam, like my best friend, like Wanda... Why would I then decide to leave them all behind? That's why I wonder if the Steve who did that is from a slightly different timeline.
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The idea of returning to a different timeline is one that hadn't even occurred to him yet, only that there might be two very similar yet distinct ones — based on his own feelings. Again, it's only a theory, but he's come this far with the explanation. He may as well finish it off.
Still, he takes another drink and lets Claude say his piece, nodding at that question. ] I think that's what made me realize we should just go for it. Whatever is ahead of me, even if in theory I know what it's supposed to be, it still feels so uncertain.
[ He sets his glass down, but reaches out to trace his finger around the rim of it as he figures out how to explain. ]
We stopped Thanos, but someone still had to go and return the Stones to all the places in space and time that we took them from. Apparently, I volunteer to do that. That much checks out. [ Steve's the one to always jump into danger and shield others from it, so it makes sense that he would volunteer for such a dangerous trip. ] But... well, according to Sam I just never come back. [ Not entirely true, he did come back in a way, but he won't go into all that. ] Not because I got lost, or because something happened, but because I decided to stay in the past with... well, with someone I loved, who I'd lost.
[ It might sound romantic at first, like a nice bit of closure, but something about it still doesn't sit right with Steve. It doesn't matter how many times he's thought it through since Sam originally told him, he still feels this way.
He looks up from the glass, staring Claude down now. ]
But I can't see myself doing that. I worked so hard to get back people like Sam, like my best friend, like Wanda... Why would I then decide to leave them all behind? That's why I wonder if the Steve who did that is from a slightly different timeline.