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Yeah thanks I hate it. Can we just let him decimate them and the rest of us go home now?

[Clint's avoiding the whole thing. He's going to try. He's already gotten into an argument with Tony about Tony thinking he can talk his way out/through/around this to get their causes temporarily aligned.

There's a well of patience and capacity for forgiveness, an understanding that everyone deserves a second chance, that Clint has within him. An ability to let grudges fall away before they get to solidify.

He's pretty sure none of that extends to the guy that made five years of his life hell and made him lose his best friend. So sue him if he's a little upset about this development.]

I don’t think it’s that simple. But I don’t think he’s got as much power to him as he thinks he does, without the stones and armies.

[Sure, his size is formidable, but that’s not something Nat is worried about. Just his presence is an unnerving reminder. She feels it, and that’s why she wanted to message him, too.]

I feel very strongly about the fact that this is an area I think we're allowed to be petty and angry about. Do we need to kick off a war and get all these other people who have nothing to do with it involved? No. But I'm not about to break bread with him.

What I want is to get up on that roof and take out his eyes with a good shot.

I won’t be sitting down with him any time soon. We lost too much, and I thought maybe foolishly this place was a sort of refuse of that.

Honestly he’s expecting it, and he wants to retaliate. I’m not say play nice, but I think he would involve the others if we attack him. He clearly has no issues with making a scene.

Everyone deserves a second chance. Except maybe that motherfucker.

He sits himself down talking about peace while also explaining how scary he is, and we're supposed to just sit back and do nothing? Stark wants to talk to him. Enemy of my enemy his ass. It's insane. I understand the tactics of it, but I still think it's insane.

A second chance involves atoning. I don’t think he wants to, nor can I even think of how he could.

I think it should be done, and Tony is probably the best for it. We need to keep tabs on him. If the fae start changing him, giving him magic—- I don’t want to think about it, Clint.

I am not losing you again. Not because of him.

I’m not worried about myself. I’m worried about Peter and Billy and the other kids. The innocent people he could hurt.

That's what you've got me for. To worry about you for you.

Probably shouldn’t tell you about what happened in the water. Luckily Peggy was there.

Billy wants to keep an eye on me, too. He told me who his parents are. That wasn’t something I was expecting.

Oh yeah? Did she manage to save your ass, or is she going to mope about failing to do so like Steve's doing?
I have to rely on text and my meager ASL now btw.
Yay.

He's a good kid. Really wild story. I don't understand it in the slightest.

She got to me in time. Woke up on the beach.

He’s starting to open up. But it sounds complicated. Even for a Maximoff. Guess there’s a lot I’ve missed.

I didn't make it back up. Woke up in bed though. Hard to say if I died, but it seemed like dying. William says I didn't get to meet the actual personification of Capital D Death because we're not allowed to die and stay dead here. Yeah that sounds like something the fairies would pull.

Did anything happen to you after? [After. After she fell, after she died. Did she meet anyone, or go towards a light, or end up stored somewhere souls sacrificed to the fucking rock go, or anything? Or just end up here?]

I miss Wanda. She was here and now she's not.

I’d heard you come back like some weird immortality. Not that it makes the experience any better I’m sure. If you need company, you know I’m here. And you can teach me some new sign.

It was just dark. A whole lot of nothing. It felt like an eternity and a second. I just woke up in the middle of a fairy party. Found you not long after.

I spoke to Wanda right after I got here. It was good to see her. Sam’s here now. I ran into him, too. Barnes went home and came back. He actually formed some group with Yelena. Seems she’s trying to do more.

We were learning together. Laura and the kids.

I'm glad Yelena's getting some more friends besides my apprentice. I can hold a grudge on the big guy no problem, but I can't hold a grudge on her even if she did try to kill me.

Awe. I bet they were doing great.

I don’t think anyone is going to fault your grudge there. But… she tried to kill you? Why??

Someone put a hit on me and she answered that call. Do what you're good at, right? We worked it out.

Why would she do that if she’s trying to be hero now?

Because her sister didn't come back alive and I did.

[Oh.

Well if that isn’t a punch right to the gut. Nat already has been feeling that guilt of knowing her choice meant leaving Yelena behind, but hearing the extent isn’t any easier.]

I’m sorry. I know Yelena can… feel things pretty heavy. And when she gets an idea—- she’s good at sticking to it.

I’m glad you worked it out.

I'm glad you taught me your whistle. Pretty sure it saved me from getting double tapped right in the head. We aren't friends now, but she decided not to kill me, so I'm going to just pretend that's the same thing in this context.

Honestly with Yelena that might be the same thing. For what it’s worth, I think you must have said something to her. Sounds like Barnes is trying to do something good, and Yelena wants to be a part of it.

[Apparently she wanted to be more like Nat. Which really made her feel like a big sister moment.

And makes her miss her sister that much more.]

I only told her the truth. That there was never going to be anything I could do to stop you. That you were always better. That if I had the power to take your place, I would've. That I missed you.

I don't think I convinced her to do anything but accept I wasn't necessarily responsible for what happened to you. Still haven't quite convinced myself of it some days. Whatever she decided to do with her life after, that's all her.

[This takes a moment for her to reply. Yelena hits a part of her that she keeps buried despite the complicated nature of family.]

I wasn’t better. You had more to lose, and I wasn’t going to let you do that.

You've always been better. And the best of us.

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