And that starts with Sylvie and Loki, who both wind up heartbroken by the experience.

All their beliefs about free will and being in control of their choices has just been an illusion.

He paved the road, they just walked down it.

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Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in ‘Loki.'.Marvel Studios

He even provides them with printouts of their interactions as proof of his all-seeing, all-knowing power.

But instead of killing him and causing the destruction of reality, this Kang offers them another option.

And that’s where the conflict between Sylvie and Loki comes in.

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Miss Minutes (voiced by Tara Strong) and Judge Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) in ‘Loki.'.Marvel Studios

I just, I just want you to be okay."

Sylvie and Loki really weren’t the same after all.

Nothing Thor or Odin ever did seems to have hurt him this much.

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Sophia Di Martino and Tom Hiddleston in ‘Loki’.Marvel Studios

Betrayed and devastated, Loki weeps in a time theater until he pulls himself together.