"He's a chicken shit, you mean." Rhodey's voice is dry, almost pleasant, really, but the truth is that anything about Thanos makes him seethe to be free of this place. It's maybe a little bit why he's plunked the points down for a power. Unlikely as it is to work, strange as it may seem to many, he's desperate to get back to war. This place isn't an escape when he has to keep up the hope that they can bring back what Thanos took away.

He keeps that all behind his teeth, but the resulting silence isn't exactly in character for him. Most of the time, Rhodey's got a quip or a comment at the ready. It's a second before he says anything, and it's about Ross. As much as Ross is a dangerous topic for Bruce, he's a safer one for Rhodey than the Hulk and thinking about Thanos.

"We needed checks and balances, some of the others didn't really want to admit that. I get why." His lips curve into a humorless smirk. "Ross isn't any kind of real check or balance, but like you said - there weren't any good choices." He wonders if Tony would have made a different one if Bruce had been there, but in the end, he doesn't think that's really what divided the Avengers. Tony had come out of it hating Steve Rogers as much as he'd ever loved him as a friend, and he hadn't talked about it to Rhodey. But it didn't take a genius to know that had been personal.