[ the throne, right. loki missed that part, didn't he? ]

I passed on my claim to the throne. [ thor tells him plainly, shrugging a shoulder. loki was preaching that he was unfit for it long before things crumbled. ]

Being a king requires a certain kind of person - one I'm not interested in becoming. [ as powerful and inspiring of a figure as thor's always been, he doesn't have the kind of tactical and objective mind that odin does, or even that loki does. everything is too personal for him, he wouldn't be able to accept a lesser evil of two bad ends, compromise or calling for sacrifice of others aside from himself is too much for him to stomach. as for beloved? well, we're not talking about that yet.

he's sure some part of that must make loki proud, knowing he'd called it all those years ago. ]

Besides, there's something else that needs attending to. The attack on Midgard had interrupted it. [ the infinity stones, all of that. something loki doesn't need to know about. the point being - there's nothing he's thinking of doing with loki now that he's found him. ]