Some things I can do are more draining than others, but this - [She gestures, twining a small wisp of scarlet around her fingers.] - no. Not even after a mission.

[There's a definite bitter edge to her smile because oh, Strucker tried, and he was never gentle about it. But Wanda seems to have been either blessed or cursed with stubborn perseverance and her body will give out long before the scarlet will.

This isn't to say that the scarlet itself doesn't have limits, but Wanda's ability to generate it is no different before a battle than after it. It might hurt if she is already suffering psychic backlash, but she can.

She shakes her head in response to his question.]

This is the first time I've left since I came here.