[ Five has more than one guess why he went after her. The daughter story could be real. She was vulnerable and alone. He thought it'd be easier to manipulate a child and that the rest of them would listen to her spread his lies.

Matthias didn't expect her to be too smart for him. Kamala gives him a hint to why that was, but he won't press for the rest of the story about Thanos right now. For once he can tell that she's upset enough without calling up childhood trauma. ]

...Probably, yeah. He's not likely to go away until he's dealt with. [ If he waited until Five wasn't being eaten alive by anguish, that'd be preferable, but with his luck. ] I don't think he's done testing us. I also don't think we're ready to face him.

The Merchant doesn't care about that. Now we know that he'd risk any one of our lives to get to him. Remember that if he asks you again.