Lipton's gesture caught Scorpion's eye. He thought it was good that Lipton had shown him a sign of respect, but did not think much else of it.

He watched the Earthrealm technology with interest. This was a powerful weapon, but he had seen it before. Things were going very close to plan, but a number of small details that were different. These differences gave Scorpion reason to not get complacent that their fight was already won. Shao Khan could still prevail in this timeline. He thought it had been wise to not coach the Earthrealm warriors. False confidence or trusting wrong details could end up in the loss of Earthrealm. He did not particularly care about the fate of Earthrealm except for the fact that he needed to keep his vows to Sonya and Sub-Zero.