[Steve listens without interrupting, absorbing this information. It gives him a clearer idea of the situation and where it stands now.]

I won't try and defend Loki's actions. But Wan Shi Tong arrived here a stranger to most of us. To have a stranger come in and ask the rest of us to prove that we are trustworthy...do you see the problem with that? We have nothing but your word and the word of people from your world that he is worth trusting. Just as he has nothing but our word. Maybe if both sides tried trusting one another, things could de-escalate. But that would mean restoring things to how they were. I don't think anyone would be comfortable with anything less.