"No, I'm not talking about the corpse itself." Susan continued, "What I want to ask is, when Silver Surfer had already appeared and was about to take him away, why did you still decide to kill him?"
"Letting him go back would have caused even more trouble." Miles retorted. "Silver Surfer couldn't keep him contained. Galactus still hadn't recovered, and sooner or later, he would have returned to Earth to take revenge on us. Would we have needed to find him and fight him all over again then?"
"But we could have considered other methods." Susan shook her head. "Reed could have helped design a containment device, or we could have discussed Terrax's disposition with Silver Surfer... instead of simply killing him like this."
"You're making it sound too simple, ma'am." Miles sighed. "You fought him. You should know very well how powerful he was! In that situation, there was no way I could have considered so much."
"And besides... I don't believe in so-called containment at all! Galactus's condition is unclear, and Silver Surfer alone couldn't possibly restrain him. If we just let it go, sooner or later he would appear again!"
"But that doesn't mean we had no other options!" Susan said slowly. "Yet you weren't even willing to try before deciding that he had to die!"
"Why should I do so many thankless, troublesome things?" Miles sneered.
"So your reason for killing people is simply because 'it's more efficient'?" Susan challenged.
Miles's gaze gradually turned cold. Looking into Susan's eyes, he suddenly said, "Yeah. You're right."
"So?"
"..."
Susan's eyes widened, and she abruptly tried to stand, but Reed suddenly grabbed her shoulder from beside her.
"Wait a moment, Sue."
Reed sighed, slowly rose to his feet, and looked at Miles. "Miles, sorry... do you have time