[ She inwardly curses at his reaction, but there had been no way to beat around that particular bush, and she doubted Thor would thank her if she did. Instead, she just reaches out to lay her hand on his arm, maintaining eye contact.

...Not all that different in how she reacted to an agitated Hulk, when she thinks about it. ]

I'm saying that Thanos destroyed the Stones... and for a long time, we thought we lost. That it was over. But that's not the case.

[ Because she won't let him sink back into that same hopelessness again, not if she can help it. ]