"Power Stone and Soul Stone," Carol continued.
"He took the Power Stone from Quill, then traded the life of his adopted daughter, Gamora, for the Soul Stone.
"He is now on his way to Earth. His target is the remaining four Infinity Stones: Space, Reality, Time, and Mind."
Tony set down his coffee cup.
"You said he traded his adopted daughter's life for the Soul Stone. Does that mean that to obtain the Soul Stone, he had to kill the person he loved most?"
"Yes."
Tony fell silent. He looked at the hand resting on the table, his fingers curling slightly before straightening again.
Steve looked at him, a complicated expression in his blue eyes. He knew what Tony was thinking.
If one day he had to face that kind of choice, could he do it?
Could he sacrifice Pepper?
Could he sacrifice anyone he cared about?
"That madman," Tony finally said. His voice was soft, but every word nailed itself into the air.
"He wants to kill half the population of the universe?"
"Yes," Carol said. "He believes the universe has limited resources and an overpopulated population. The only solution is to randomly eliminate half of all life.
"The Infinity Stones can let him accomplish that in an instant. One snap, and half of all life turns to ash."
"Then why doesn't he just double the resources?" Sam asked. "With the Infinity Stones, what can't he do?"
"Because he's insane. A madman's logic doesn't need to be reasonable. It only needs to make sense to himself."
"Now isn't the time to investigate that. The priority is figuring out how to deal with this madman.
"He has a powerful interstellar fleet called the Dark Order, as well as the Black Order under his command.
"Supergiant, Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Cull