Well, this was all before I had a chance to talk to anyone about -- you know. Before everyone saw me after...everything.
[So they hadn't gotten a glimpse of the imposing and responsible hero he'd become.]
I didn't get a chance to contact Earth until we were deep into it. Xandar was hit on day 7. We were close to the Crunch. I was deep in enemy territory for months, trying to bring everyone together and drive them back.
So it wasn't 'til the end that I could even get close enough to send a message home. After we'd...basically lost. The United Front was broken, Galactus was being used as a weapon, we were about to go in for our last run. For the eleventh hour miracle.
The Wave was three months away from Earth, so I figured -- I figured if that was it, I needed to get a warning home, and I finally had the breathing room to do it. I sent a probe with a message explaining what was happening, when the Wave would hit Earth, and all the tactical data I had to Reed Richards.
I don't -- I don't know what he did with it. When I got home after, Stark said Reed hadn't said anything and went on about how they were busy. Like all that -- like that even --
He said Shi'ar sources had given some information, too, but they chalked it up to a Kree border skirmish. Billions dead, galactic civilization had given up the ghost and they just --
[He shrugs.]
We were in orbit. Right near home. I know the probe made it. So I don't...
[He still doesn't understand.]
I just thought at the very least everyone would get ready. To defend the planet. Even if they didn't come up to help. I was hoping I could rely on that, at least.
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[So they hadn't gotten a glimpse of the imposing and responsible hero he'd become.]
I didn't get a chance to contact Earth until we were deep into it. Xandar was hit on day 7. We were close to the Crunch. I was deep in enemy territory for months, trying to bring everyone together and drive them back.
So it wasn't 'til the end that I could even get close enough to send a message home. After we'd...basically lost. The United Front was broken, Galactus was being used as a weapon, we were about to go in for our last run. For the eleventh hour miracle.
The Wave was three months away from Earth, so I figured -- I figured if that was it, I needed to get a warning home, and I finally had the breathing room to do it. I sent a probe with a message explaining what was happening, when the Wave would hit Earth, and all the tactical data I had to Reed Richards.
I don't -- I don't know what he did with it. When I got home after, Stark said Reed hadn't said anything and went on about how they were busy. Like all that -- like that even --
He said Shi'ar sources had given some information, too, but they chalked it up to a Kree border skirmish. Billions dead, galactic civilization had given up the ghost and they just --
[He shrugs.]
We were in orbit. Right near home. I know the probe made it. So I don't...
[He still doesn't understand.]
I just thought at the very least everyone would get ready. To defend the planet. Even if they didn't come up to help. I was hoping I could rely on that, at least.