"The Titan race had long since become a thing of the past, but traces of the Eternals' former glory might still be found in certain ruins on Earth."
As Thanos's deep voice echoed through the palace, the edges of the reverberation carried a metallic tremor, lending it an even greater sense of epic grandeur.
"Returning to the cycle is the destiny of every powerful race in the universe. They must pay a price for their strength. Humanity is weak, but fortunate. No one ever granted you power you could not refuse, so naturally, you have no inescapable destiny."
Then he changed tack and said, "No matter what, I did clear away a major obstacle to humanity's entry into the universe."
Thanos's tone was light, as though he were joking, but considering that he had personally destroyed the Titan race, it sounded utterly insane.
Humanity was not the only race with people who were born mentally ill. The Titans had them too. Thanos was clearly the most famous mad Titan in the universe. He had personally destroyed his own race and homeworld, and even now, he still took pleasure in what he had done.
Schiller remembered the comics' descriptions of Thanos's childhood. From the perspective of the comics, Thanos had been lured by the Death Goddess from a young age, gradually transforming from a withdrawn boy who could not even bear to dissect animals into a terrifying madman who exterminated races.
But from the perspective of a psychiatrist, the woman who had suddenly appeared in Thanos's field of vision and guided him into committing all manner of brutal acts resembled the imaginary companions commonly seen in patients with mental illness.
In psychiatric case studies, examples of imaginary companions inducing violent behavior were everywhere. It could be said that nearly all imaginary