Tony had to swallow a year of emotion at Thor's words. It was just the facts that mattered. If they all lived and this debate were still necessary, they could battle it out then.

"Guessed as much. Rogers felt the keys should have been in the safest hands--our own. Unstoppable force meet immovable object. Argued it out before Barnes showed his face again and things got well and truly ugly."

Tony had confessed how Steve had willingly become a fugitive for the Winter Soldier's sake and what the man was to him. Truth be told, the assassination of his parents wasn't the only reason for his sheer, bitter loathing.

"Rogers goes on the run, takes Wilson, Maximoff, Barton and, ah, "Ant Man" with him. Blows get exchanged between our sides. Oh, did I mention how the Wakandan King-to-be got in on the fun? Decent young man, calls himself Black Panther. Superhero, if you couldn't tell. Wanted in on the revenge game once his father got assassinated and Barnes took the heat. Wasn't the case, as we found out after the dust from that brawl had settled, but Rogers and Barnes alone had high-tailed it to Siberia at that point. Rest is...well."