Stephen turns to look at the Doctor not afraid at all of the weight of such a gaze. He's lived through time loops, rewinding time, the loss of his former profession, being dragged to space, turned into dust, missing five years and the final battle. Judgement of this kind doesn't bother him as he's faced worse. "The people I gave it to not only sacrificed their own lives to make it work but also plan to return the stones to the exact moment they took them. And you question if they deserve to have it?"

Stephen resisted the urge to roll his eyes yet again. "You showed up at the last possible second and you question a battle we won like you have the right to and you do not. I trust the Avengers to do what's right with the options they have been given." He feels his relic flip an edge in agreement and Tony nods. "You don't have to trust us," Stark added, "but don't lecture us like you know what we've been through."