"Yeah, it's a strange name. Tony came up with it. I'm not sure I'd ever say we're out for vengeance, but The Reactionaries doesn't sound great either. The Defenders might be a good one." They were defenders, but they also lost and usually had to react in order to win. "I think it was part of the marketing, we needed to have some kind of title." They were existing in the real world and out in the public, and Tony was an expert on the PR side of things. Or Pepper was. Either way, they all accepted the team title and went with it.

He felt for her in that moment, understanding the sense of loss and guilt that came with failing to do something important. "I'm sorry about your world. We were trying to defeat this man named Thanos, he believed killing half the universe's population was the way to achieve world peace. We didn't stop him, and now I don't even know what number of lifeforms were snuffed out. Beyond trillions." Bruce wasn't really sure if he could emotionally deal with it. He felt numb about it. Like it happened to someone else, that he was looking through blank eyes as people around him dropped into dust. "We saw our people die, unable to stop them from disappearing. Bucky was one of the first." At least one of the first that Bruce saw. He saw Steve's face.

"What happened with yours? Unless that's a very intrusive question."