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Yeah, I get that a lot.

[ Tony's not sure what to do with her reaction. He can't imagine that anything he said was particularly outrageous, but he also has no idea what pre-conceived notions Wanda's working off of, other than 'distinctly, aggressively negative.' But then, he's used to that too. People can range from confused to shocked to angry upon discovering how far off base some of the stereotypes are.

Hell, he still doesn't even doubt that his future self has somehow fully earned the dislike. ]

I do have one more question, though.

[Wariness creeps into her expression. She doubts either of them will like where this leads.]

Be careful what you ask.

[It's surprisingly said more like a warning than a threat. Wanda won't promise an answer, though - it's more for the sake of keeping her own anger safely in check than to spare Tony's feelings. It would be easy to tear into him. But Wanda has gained the self-awareness to know that it would be so much harder to deal with what would come afterwards.

She does not want to be that person anymore.]

[ Jesus, this really is a tough crowd. He throws up both hands defensively before continuing. ]

Why join us? I mean, this hasn't been the world's longest conversation, but the Avengers don't seem to be huge favorites. [ Or maybe it's just him she hates, he really can't be sure. Then again, why not both? ] I guess I'm just curious.

They told us we'd be heroes.

[This is a rare moment of honesty, one of the only apologies she'll offer for giving him that one final push. There is bitterness in her voice, yes, but for once it doesn't seem like it's directed at him.

That 'honor' belongs to Strucker.]

I wanted to be better. I wanted to help people.

[ Atonement, then. That begs the question: what is she worried about atoning for? Wanting to help people isn't such a unique impulse in and of itself, or he wants to think so. People are, for the most part, good. But wanting to be better... that's different. That's indicative. ]

I get it.

[ He does. That's the whole reason Iron Man exists in the first place. That's the whole reason he'd answered Fury's beckons, even after being dismissed from the Initiative altogether. That's the reason he'd resolved to dump whatever support he can on the Avengers going forward. ]

If that's what you want to do, it sounds to me like you made the right call.

[ And he believes that, too. The team may be new and shaky in his time, and he doesn't know much about the future she comes from, but he believes it. When they all come together, they manage to do good. ]

[He'll find out soon enough. Maybe she shouldn't have told Bruce and fractured the team like that, but all of the lying by omission and carefully creeping around The Future whenever it came up couldn't have lasted forever, right? Something would have slipped eventually.]

We'll see.

[They're not having a great track record here between destroying a planet and Steve almost dying in front of her. The structure here isn't conducive to functioning as a unit, and for so long they've been missing large chunks of the team. Honestly, Wanda doesn't really even know how this "team" is supposed to work, just that she's the failsafe for keeping them all alive.] Just don't make me pull a bullet out of your lungs.

... Okay? I'll do my best.

[ Part of him wants to ask how the hell she plans on even doing that, but he's not totally sure he wants to know. He'll just picture a good old fashioned scalpel for now. ]

I'm gonna hope and assume there hasn't been much practical need for that.

[All he gets is this look.]

You know some of our teammates do not know when they should stop?

[She had to beg Steve to come back with her and he still might not have made it without Bruce walking her through what to do..]

[ Well, usually that sentiment is directed at Tony himself. Nat always knows exactly when to quit, Bruce tends to quit before he even begins, Clint is Clint, and...

Hell. ]

Okay. How'd Rogers get a bullet in his lung?

[ Process of elimination is funny like that. ]

[Nat's really the only one she hasn't had to drag to the medbay yet. Wanda would really prefer they just all stay out of trouble, thanks.]

Sniper. It is not always safe here.

[Life is rough when a scrappy group of rebels decides to use you as the catalyst to take down the corporation that runs their planet.]

Jesus.

[ A sniper from where? And why? He expects these are the kinds of answers that will trickle in over time, in pieces and parts, probably in passing half the time. It's certainly not the kind of stuff the Captains open with, and for good reason. Who'd want to sign a contract knowing this is the kind of stuff they'll be dealing with?

Still... it's not even that unusual for an Avenger. People want them dead. It's just a thing. ]

Well, thanks for having his back. He's a lot more enjoyable alive, in my opinion.

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