Right. [ He nods. It doesn't make it easier, knowing that she saw the whole thing, but he should've known that. He knew it had been all over the media at the time, with people crying out left and right for imprisonment and worse. ] Yes, it's... it was like that. It wasn't me. I was trapped.
[ That's one way to put it. It doesn't explain everything, he's not even sure it's really how it was, but the sentiment was close enough to it. ]
We were on a mission, and there was a pair of twins there, with these... abilities. They'd volunteered for an experiment, and got some unique powers. They were working with... with someone we were trying to stop. The girl used her powers to get into our heads, make us see things, render us virtually useless. [ A pause. ] Well, most of us, anyway. She had other plans for me.
[ Or maybe not, hell if he knows. It's not like he ever thought to ask, when he could barely look at Wanda in the eye, let alone tell her anything that wasn't bitter, aggressive, angry beyond any measure of what he's even used to anymore. ]
She tore me apart. She pushed me in deep and she dragged out the monster. She made us both see things, she just... [ He grits his teeth a little, lifts a hand to cup his own forehead, then cover his own eyes. The memory of how it felt assaults violently now, and he has to take a moment to swallow it back down again. ]
I couldn't stay. Not after that, I couldn't. I could barely look at the rest of the team, and I don't think they wanted me there either. I just had to... I had to leave.
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[ That's one way to put it. It doesn't explain everything, he's not even sure it's really how it was, but the sentiment was close enough to it. ]
We were on a mission, and there was a pair of twins there, with these... abilities. They'd volunteered for an experiment, and got some unique powers. They were working with... with someone we were trying to stop. The girl used her powers to get into our heads, make us see things, render us virtually useless. [ A pause. ] Well, most of us, anyway. She had other plans for me.
[ Or maybe not, hell if he knows. It's not like he ever thought to ask, when he could barely look at Wanda in the eye, let alone tell her anything that wasn't bitter, aggressive, angry beyond any measure of what he's even used to anymore. ]
She tore me apart. She pushed me in deep and she dragged out the monster. She made us both see things, she just... [ He grits his teeth a little, lifts a hand to cup his own forehead, then cover his own eyes. The memory of how it felt assaults violently now, and he has to take a moment to swallow it back down again. ]
I couldn't stay. Not after that, I couldn't. I could barely look at the rest of the team, and I don't think they wanted me there either. I just had to... I had to leave.