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"...and I really don't know where the whole rumor about Asgardians needing to eat golden apples to retain their youth thing came from," he says. "We age and die, just like anything or anyone else. It's like the whole God thing. Who came up with that?" A beat. "I mean, humans, I guess, but why gods? Why not aliens? Aliens -- that's at least accurate. "

Thor smiles over at Quill and leans contentedly over the bar. Chin set in one hand, he idly pours himself another glass with the other, then sets the bottle back down on the counter with an audible, dull glassy sound. He pushes it towards Quill.

"Had you met any Asgardians before you met me?"

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He sighed heavily.

"The kid wants to know about Titan." He said. "The plan, anyways. So I'm sticking to what the plan was with him. But man does Pete ask a lot of questions."

"It's not my call to make. It's Tony's," Thor says. "I can't talk about who deserves to know and who doesn't, though. I still need to Rogers and Barnes."

"Oh. We agreed. He can never know," Quill said easily. "Just like Rocket. Hell, I'd say you probably shouldn't tell those two either, but I don't know them so that's more a you thing than me."

"If things can be changed, it probably helps that more people know," Thor says. He looks over at Quill. "Do you ever regret knowing?"

He looked to Thor and considered the question. He rubbed the back of his neck like there was a knot there.

"If I knew when my end date here was? Yes." He answered. "But since I don't know, I guess knowing now is important. But, at least for now, maybe some should be left in the dark. If only because they're happy here."

I don't want to be the guy to tell a teenager he dies on another planet

"That's why I didn't want Tony or Loki to know." Thor finishes his drink. "Loki doesn't know what Thanos did after he killed him. It might be better if he doesn't know."

"How do you think Loki would react?" He asked curiously.

"I don't know," he says. "He'd probably act like he wasn't particularly bothered by it." That was the one thing he was certain of. "I do wish he had left the Space Stone to be destroyed along with Asgard."

If Asgard was going to be sacrificed to stop Hela, it might as well stop Thanos along with it.

"Loki seems like the type of person who likes to keep shiny things," He replied. "To be honest... I'd probably have kept it too."

Thor shoots Quill a confused look. "Why?"

He shrugged.

"I like shiny things?" He said. "Sort of an old habit, I guess."

"You didn't keep the Power Stone, though," Thor points out.

"Okay, no, but -" He said and stopped.

Quill had no follow up.

"Okay, so maybe I started getting some morals or something," He said. "I blame it mostly on Gamora."

"Sounds like she was a good influence on you."

He smiled fondly. Quill had nothing but good things to say about Gamora.

"Yeah... she's great, actually." He replied. "Despite Thanos being the one who raised her, she has a great head on her shoulders."

"I don't know how anyone could be functional with a father like him, let alone a good influence on others," he says.

"Right?" Quill agreed. "Which basically makes Gamora a unicorn."

He smiled widely and fondly.

Thor lets them sit in silence for a moment while he finishes his drink.

"I know you have your Gamora back home, but would you ever consider seeing somebody here?"

Quill hummed out low and long while he thought about he. Would I?

"Good question." he said. "Maybe? Depends on how long I'm here, I guess."

He took a drink. He paused.

"You know what's funny?" he asked, "If you'd ask me like, a couple of months ago, even though I liked Gamora I would have for sure said yes."

Thor looks at Quill, brows furrowed.

"Why?"

What changed?

Quill shrugged.

"I don't know," He said. "Maybe I realized I had actual feelings? She started off as just some hot chick who could kick my ass, you know?"

Quill's lips were loose from the alcohol.

"I realized I liked Jane almost immediately," Thor says, thinking of his own lady-love. "I still love her, but it's over. I just wish I knew she were okay."

Thor drinks, but his lips aren't loose from the drinking; he's used to oversharing, much to the occasional surprise and discomfort of those around them. Lately, though, there were plenty of things he had been keeping close to the chest.

"Won't really matter when you get home, will it? Since you're going to reverse everything." He said.

Quill glanced to Thor.

Thor gives Quill a wearied smile.

"It will until I find him," Thor says. Thanos. "When he was aboard our ship, he didn't acknowledge me. Not even once. Almost every time he spoke it was to my brother."

"Use that to your advantage," he replied. "If he's underestimating you, let him. That's how you win. Trust me. People underestimate the Guardians pretty much all the time and we kick they ass."