“Loki,” Thor said gently, he placed his hand on his brother’s shoulder, gripping it tightly. He wasn’t sure if he was trying to reassure his brother for the words that were coming, or if he were still trying to come to terms that his brother was in fact in front of him. He steeled himself and squeezed softly. “Loki, Thanos boards our ship.” Thor admitted.
“Valkyrie and Hulk… they were evacuating our people to safety, and we attempted to meet him diplomatically. But he overpowered me. I had not at the time been aware that you had smuggled the tesseract onto our ship.” Thor had glared at his brother then, but the look was lacking any real venom. “You gave the stone to spare my life, and had attempted to trick him, but instead he…”
He let out a loud, sad sigh. “He choked you while I was unable to do anything but watch. I tried. He blew up the ship and.. I floated out into space. I would be dead too if I hadn’t been hit by a spaceship. Loki, you’ve been dead for years.”