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[seeingscarlet]

[Wanda calls hers back to her with her powers because, yep, melting is a thing and her ice cream is already at a disadvantage thanks to her gem's nature unless she makes a conscious effort to reign it in.]

I try to be someone you can be proud of.

[She's made mistakes. Big ones. And she's just learned that she might have accidentally created a situation that will make things far worse for the Asgardians whenever they reach Earth - the Avengers divided and half-imprisoned, and anyone with capabilities beyond a normal human viewed as suspect and dangerous.

But Shaxx knows all of her dark secrets and he's still here. All she can do is try to be worthy of his steadfast faith in her.]

[iamthecrucible]

[ He gives her a slightly puzzled look. ]

You already are.

[ Is there room for improvement? There always is, for everyone. They all have things they can learn, more effort they can put forth, a journey still to take toward being the best version of themself. But where Wanda's starting from is already an accomplishment to be proud of.

He smooths a hand over her leg. ]

You always have been.

[seeingscarlet]

[Wanda can only manage a half-hearted smile, but she's at least self-aware enough to realize that this requires explanation. And it won't take a shadow self for Shaxx to coax it out of her.]

Someone from my world just came here too. And I...I may have accidentally made things worse for him and his people. I'm afraid for them.

[iamthecrucible]

That's unfortunate.

[ Which is only the truth. Though there's also nothing to be done about it, since it isn't as if they can go back from choice... and he knows Wanda doesn't want to go back to her world either, for good reason.

His next question will come as no surprise to her, he's sure. ​]

What does it teach you?

[seeingscarlet]

[What would the point of going back be? She can’t even save herself, much less whatever remains of the Asgardian people. The best she can do is tell Thor to go literally anywhere else if there is somewhere else he knows they would be safe.

Maybe it wasn’t completely her fault, but that doesn’t change the fact that her mistake has been used as the catalyst for the Sokovia Accords which in turn tore the Avengers apart.

She doesn't think she's learned whatever Shaxx wanted her to learn from this, since she's resolved to run instead of staying and fighting for...what, exactly? There's no threat that the others couldn't have handled without her aside from the one of their own making. And even so...who made that worse? She and Pietro had.]

I hope there is never a reason the world regrets the Sokovia Accords. If his people came to Earth we could have learned a lot a lot from each other. But the world is afraid of people like me...and I think they would have been afraid no matter what I did in Lagos.

[If she had obliterated Rumlow before the explosion was too great to handle, that also wouldn't have looked great. It might even have looked like she absolutely annihilated someone for no reason, if she'd been fast enough. She didn't start this - Loki did - but it's like Ross said. The world can no longer "tolerate" it.

But they're happy to look the other way and ignore innocent people suffering in warzones or under corrupt governments. Anything goes, as long as it's waged with mundane means. No one lifted a finger when Sokovia's neighbors carved up the country like it was nothing more than a holiday roast. No one asked her people what they wanted.

Maybe she should fight harder, but that's the other lesson: it doesn't matter how much power one person has. It will never be enough. She can't even protect herself.]