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There's always a right place. You just haven't found it yet.

Hm... all right. I'll keep that in mind.

[ not brushing him off, but of course there is doubt. ]

[ he doesn't need to be a telepath to catch that doubt but anyway ]

Maybe that "right place" is with us? There's a reason you're here, right?

It could be! And that would make coming back to a "murderboat" pretty okay with me in the end.

Think I've already talked more in depth with you about real things than every person on this boat, with the exception of one or two— combined. And you certainly made a far more positive impact in your responses than any of them, too.

[ Amusedly: ]

You'll regret saying that. I'm not even at full power yet.

Haha, maybe! But some superpowers are actually used for the greater good and you seem to be doing just fine so far using them that way~.

[ Another brief pause that he shakes his head. ]

... I just meant that we barely know each other and that I'm not, like, super trying in that regard, y'know?

I do try to ignore things I shouldn't know most of the time.

Oh, I know. Anyone trying to pointedly read my thoughts or emotions through any sort of 'blessed' capability I can sense usually.

Yeah, I don't know how it works but I don't try to use it it just happens...

and whenever the powers that the Ticketmaster tries to return to us happens it'll get worse.

My ability to tell isn't a skill or anything. It's just usually those who try to focus getting into my head disrupt my mental hold on my own Blessings and they go haywire.

But most people are pretty amateur with their blessings and abilities, especially on this boat. It sounds like your vision self is pretty strong.

I think most people are also just coming into them? I didn't know my last blessing until I got here but... I've been this way forever. In any life, I guess.

[ but the rest makes his gaze turn determinedly to the window. ]

... yeah.

[ to "is pretty strong". ]

That bother you?

[ ... he can shrug it off nonchalantly but instead he bites the inside of his lip before breathing out ]

I know a lot about his power and his family and it's - not really good.

His power or his family?

Both.

His power comes from one of his mom's and even though she was considered a superhero... the whole world is pretty afraid of her.

Hm? Did she hurt people?

Yeah, a lot of people.

He has, too. He's killed people he cared about - accidentally - but it still counts.

Mm... power is neither good nor bad, but it can be constructive or destructive.

Even the best of people with the best of intentions can cause harm to others. I think that's less about the power itself, though, and the moral and ethical aspects. So I would try not to look at the power itself as the problem.

[ Did he have the best of attentions? He just wanted Tommy back. He was angry? What did Wanda want -? ]

That's just it -

The power is the problem. Because they can do stuff without actually meaning to without even knowing how they do it- Without -

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[ Without even knowing. ]

[ He takes in a breath sharp and then he just stops. ]

[ He can't know all the details, but he thinks Wanda couldn't have fully mean to make Westview - because why make a family you would inevitably lose? That would crush you? And then- ]

[ He didn't know how he came back. He didn't expect to bring Tommy back but Agatha knew and - ]

[ The thing in Agatha's basement. The names. If he was right Sharon was poisoned (he didn't have access to poison). Alice was killed by Agatha - he saw that he knew then why? He doesn't know what happened to Lilia. But he suddenly realizes that weight: He killed them. Whatever the portal symbolized was his fault it was - ]

[ You really are a Maximoff, otherwise none of this would be nearly as dramatic, she's said and he gets up then - rocking the chair back as he takes another breath. ]

Oh.

Oh no.

...You okay?

[ You okay? Rolls a nat 1. ]

[ Which is to say - No, he's not okay, though he diligently tries to shake his head as if to say 'yes'. His mind rotates through the details of everything he knows. It loops around, tries to poke holes into the theory - But he has enough for the theory to solidly become a real possibility. ]

[ It can't be right. ( It's probably right.) ]

[ he scrubs at his eyes as the details poke holes into his hope and he breathes out. ]

No - Yeah.

I just-

[ he breathes out. ] I think I just figured out something that made everything worse.

Why's that?

...

Because he's probably the reason for every bad thing that happened to them.

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