[He can't help the bleak look that briefly crosses his face.]
We saved all that were left by the time we reached Asgard. But Hela had already killed a great many people before we even got there.
[Turning on his heel, he gestures to the desert landscape around them.]
You should understand - Asgard was not so large as this planet. It has always existed as a realm unto itself. In sheer size it did not match other worlds. So I know that there would have been few, if any people left in it beyond those we got onto the ship to escape.
[Because Heimdall had told him. Because beyond the main city of Asgard there were only a handful of settlements, none of which they could have reached in time to evacuate with Hela on their heels. The people had already told him some of what happened to those on the outer reaches. They had not been spared the brutality of Hela's undead forces.]
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We saved all that were left by the time we reached Asgard. But Hela had already killed a great many people before we even got there.
[Turning on his heel, he gestures to the desert landscape around them.]
You should understand - Asgard was not so large as this planet. It has always existed as a realm unto itself. In sheer size it did not match other worlds. So I know that there would have been few, if any people left in it beyond those we got onto the ship to escape.
[Because Heimdall had told him. Because beyond the main city of Asgard there were only a handful of settlements, none of which they could have reached in time to evacuate with Hela on their heels. The people had already told him some of what happened to those on the outer reaches. They had not been spared the brutality of Hela's undead forces.]