With that single word, he knows exactly what she means, and understands why that's one of the reasons she wants to know. It's the least he can do for her, right now. In a way, he might even owe her this. Still, he's not sharing it out of a sense of obligation, but because he trusts her, and it's something he wants her to know.
"Well... When Ultron went rogue, he went down to South Africa to get vibranium from an arms dealer there. He had these twins with him, they had powers-- the girl could get into people's heads. Make them see what she wanted them to see, manipulate things and use that against them. She did it to most of the team, but when she tried to do it to me... She couldn't control the Hulk."
He will never not resent what Wanda did, back then. She might have had the best of intentions in mind, but her playing with his mind touched a nerve of his, all the more so when in the end it caused all the death and destruction that it did.
"He went on a rampage through Johannesburg. Tony had a suit built especially to fight the Hulk, but during that fight, the city was... God, it was torn apart. There was just... There were so many people there, scared, little kids, and I..."
He cuts himself short then, cupping his mouth and slowing his steps for a moment, then rubbing over his eyes, he shakes his head.
"I wanted to leave after that. I was going to, I was never planning to even be in Sokovia. After it was all over, I just... it was too much. I couldn't go on. And the whole world remembered Johannesburg then, they probably still do now. I don't think me being back on the team would be welcome by anyone."
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With that single word, he knows exactly what she means, and understands why that's one of the reasons she wants to know. It's the least he can do for her, right now. In a way, he might even owe her this. Still, he's not sharing it out of a sense of obligation, but because he trusts her, and it's something he wants her to know.
"Well... When Ultron went rogue, he went down to South Africa to get vibranium from an arms dealer there. He had these twins with him, they had powers-- the girl could get into people's heads. Make them see what she wanted them to see, manipulate things and use that against them. She did it to most of the team, but when she tried to do it to me... She couldn't control the Hulk."
He will never not resent what Wanda did, back then. She might have had the best of intentions in mind, but her playing with his mind touched a nerve of his, all the more so when in the end it caused all the death and destruction that it did.
"He went on a rampage through Johannesburg. Tony had a suit built especially to fight the Hulk, but during that fight, the city was... God, it was torn apart. There was just... There were so many people there, scared, little kids, and I..."
He cuts himself short then, cupping his mouth and slowing his steps for a moment, then rubbing over his eyes, he shakes his head.
"I wanted to leave after that. I was going to, I was never planning to even be in Sokovia. After it was all over, I just... it was too much. I couldn't go on. And the whole world remembered Johannesburg then, they probably still do now. I don't think me being back on the team would be welcome by anyone."