She understands that protectiveness and pride. She just hates what has happened to his Earth and the sacrifices that have been demanded of him and others to secure this much, the fact that there is such a heavy burden for these Guardians to bear at all. She's seen minds that have shattered from less.
Perhaps it is in their nature to survive, but she also knows from experience that it is a terribly lonely existence, to be so set apart from the people you protect. It might be different when there are more people like you. But even so...it isn't as if the regular Avengers are the poster children for Healthy Coping Mechanisms and Generally Being Well-Adjusted. And none of them have been through the trauma of so many violent deaths.
That shared pain is enough to bring her to tears, yes, but that's not the only reason. Her heart hurts for him, and she hates to see the people she cares about in pain. Even if that pain is well in the past.]
...I think I understand. [Understanding doesn't require liking it, after all.] You have a good heart, even after everything you have seen.
[Wanda doesn't know how to make this better. But she certainly doesn't think any less of him and he needs to know that. If he didn't want her darker side and she wasn't still feeling so emotionally raw from the events at home, this could very well be a different conversation.]
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She understands that protectiveness and pride. She just hates what has happened to his Earth and the sacrifices that have been demanded of him and others to secure this much, the fact that there is such a heavy burden for these Guardians to bear at all. She's seen minds that have shattered from less.
Perhaps it is in their nature to survive, but she also knows from experience that it is a terribly lonely existence, to be so set apart from the people you protect. It might be different when there are more people like you. But even so...it isn't as if the regular Avengers are the poster children for Healthy Coping Mechanisms and Generally Being Well-Adjusted. And none of them have been through the trauma of so many violent deaths.
That shared pain is enough to bring her to tears, yes, but that's not the only reason. Her heart hurts for him, and she hates to see the people she cares about in pain. Even if that pain is well in the past.]
...I think I understand. [Understanding doesn't require liking it, after all.] You have a good heart, even after everything you have seen.
[Wanda doesn't know how to make this better. But she certainly doesn't think any less of him and he needs to know that. If he didn't want her darker side and she wasn't still feeling so emotionally raw from the events at home, this could very well be a different conversation.]
And...I trust you. You can feel that, yes?