Ronan was not Thanos.

[ Immediate and sure. ]

I trained under Ronan, I knew him for what he was.

[ A boy wielding power he didn't understand, throwing a tantrum over his own radical, destructive politics. ]

It's who we face now, and Thanos is more than the simple fanatic Ronan was.

[ But— he isn't wrong. She'd been ready and willing to die for the sake of stopping Ronan, so instead... ]

If we had failed on Xandar, we would have died and nothing more. Thanos—

[ A short shake of her head, her jaw gone tight. ]

Thanos will make us wish for death before he grants it.

[ But he surely would kill them, in the end. ]