"You have always had that choice." The tears were starting to overwhelm him by this point, and his throat constricted painfully in reaction to them. The grimace hadn't left him, but Thor's anger was now met with an equal amount of pain.

His hands hurt. His throat hurt. His heart hurt and he could barely see. The Thunderer had thoroughly had it with this entire situation and he didn't know how to get through to his brother.

"It is no dream; it is a truth you refuse to see. Even as that denial hurts us. I claim no perfection! No innocence in this! I claim to care! Are you so lost to me, now?!"