A Stare with Thanos

Just minutes earlier, the Chitauri higher-ups had been holding a victory banquet. To a predatory civilization like the Chitauri, "losses" meant nothing. Their existence was built on plunder and destruction. As long as they kept destroying planets, they could quickly recover their strength. This was also related to the nature of their soldiers. Their troops were a fusion of machinery and human bodies. The controlled rank-and-file soldiers could only obey their superiors' orders completely. Protest meant death.