Thor sighed. "well, at least there was that. my people have never had to try to communicate through earths technology before. i was worried that the two technologies where incompatible." he admitted, startling when Steve suddenly spoke. "he looks like James did..." he whispered, unable to tear his eyes away from Loki. James had been in a rather similar state. filthy, wounds oozing, not all of them with blood, eyes blank and dead, void of life as Loki's where. at the sound of his name James came over and examined the godling before doing something very surprising. he moved over, picked Loki up and carried the godling to the couch. he set the frail looking man down gently and arranged him so he looked more comfortable and settled Loki's hands on his stomach and covered him with the way overly colorful blanket that Jams preferred. Loki never reacted, but covered in that bright blanket, he didn't look so lifeless.
"that is part of what i need to tell you." Thor said to Clint, once he was certain James wasn't going to hurt Loki. "please. i need to sit. this... this past week has been... horrible." Thor admitted, his voice quivering as if he was going to cry. "it started, you know, the day we retired to Asgard. as soon as we stepped through the Dark pathways, Loki collapsed, as if strings had been cut. a puppet i suppose. he has not left that state since." he explained, swallowing thickly. "we placed him in a cell and waiting for him to stop acting, but three weeks passed and he didn't eat, or sleep, or drink..." he shook his head. "we figured he had slipped into a Coma. that happens sometimes so we hooked him up to lif support and waited for him to wake up, he never did." Thor shuddered. "finally, my mother, Frigga could take it no more. she wanted answers, why would Loki do such terrible things? so we ordered a Delver... that is a sorcerer who can leap into a person's mind to find memories, or fix mental damage." Thor admitted. "what he found... what he found..."
Thor had to pause, covering his eyes with a mighty hand and stood there, trembling a little bit. "such heavy scarring... the kind that only mental torture can cause. when the healers looked deeper at Loki's physical state they realized his body had been tortured too. relentlessly. when he came to earth he had been tortured so badly his mind and soul broke. he was not the one we fought, but merely a very clever puppet master, using my brothers body..." Thor whispered. "the next part... god... what we learned next... Loki had always been so strong. normal torture would never have worked.... but his child... he was pregnant... they killed his unborn child..." Thor whispered. "and he could take no more, and died inside..." Natasha sucked in a hard gasp. she knew how much it hurt to loose a baby. she herself had been pregnant. Hydra had forced an abortion that had mangled her organs, meaning she could never have children again. some days, she still felt the pain.