They were getting right back to the start, certainly. But that was -- the start had been an awfully long time ago, the same way it felt like it'd been a million years since he'd clawed his way out of that cave with his first suit of armor. He still remembered it, it was still important but everything had changed back then - including the core of himself.
It was a strange consideration. And not really one he had time for right now.
Tony didn't expect Steve to have the answers. Of course he didn't. But it would have been nice anyway. Still, he had a point: this was a great place to gather a second strike. To be ready for something that they weren't the last time. Steve's leadership and people skills would have been a boon back on Titan -- possibly one that could have changed the tide of the battle. Steve would have been able to talk Quill down from his heartbreak and rage, something that Tony had failed at spectacularly.
"We'll get there," he decided quietly. Not that he hadn't already decided that, but it was a good reassurance. "Go to sleep."