[or what, or what? had she really had a plan coming in here? no, wanda has to admit to herself — and it's that same stupid feeling she'd had when agatha had managed to trap her in that basement.
she'd also promised to try; mindlessly threatening someone probably isn't a good look to winning points in william's eyes.
so wanda — exhales a long, frustrated breath. and instead of answering the question, she asks another.]
What do you want with him? Why bother to help him when you didn't care about hurting him before?
[ there’s a flicker of understanding. she thinks about nicky and how she would have fought anyone who dared touch him.
wanda’s question throws her off. and she realizes that she herself doesn’t fully know the answer. ]
I owe him.
[ for trying to get her out of the spell. for trying to see good in her when others didn’t. it’s almost a lie; it isn’t owing so much as caring about him. but she can’t confess to that. ]
He’s at least part of the reason I’m not still stuck in your spell.
[some things, maybe, make sense now. no one would be able to break that spell except for her, or bill— william; she knows he's just as powerful as her, if not more so.
[ it's easier to feel brave from the other end of this stupid little device. but the possibility of running into wanda in person, in the castle, makes her sweat. it would be all too easy for the scarlet witch to lock her up again.
billy might vouch for her. but, of course, that's probably what wanda assumes -- that she's going to use him as some kind of shield. it's not something she wants to put him in the middle of, but she'd do it to save her skin. ]
Not exactly.
[ she doesn't bother maintaining the half-truth. but she doesn't dare utter the whole of it, even to herself. so what is she meant to say to wanda? ]
[no matter what answer she ends up receiving, wanda knows she won't believe it. there are very few people who can be trusted, and the rest will never change in the blink of an eye; she hadn't survived all those years with only pietro to count on, with only vision to count on, and then no one at all, by giving grace to those who don't deserve it.
agatha only barely qualifies as deserving anything at all — and that right could go away oh so easily. (she expects it to.)]
If you do, we're going to have a problem.
[still, she's making good on her word; she's trying.]
[ it would be best to leave it at this. to let wanda assert herself and pretend to be oh-so-very intimidated. she is, of course -- knowing all too well what the scarlet witch is capable of. but a prideful (and spiteful) part of agatha wants to lash out at the younger witch, to put her in her place. pride and self-preservation go to war with one another. ]
Don't we already have a problem?
[ she knows wanda's anger runs deeper than her association with her son. and maybe she wants to test those boundaries. ]
If anything, you should be thanking me for keeping him safe.
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Or what, Clifford?
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she'd also promised to try; mindlessly threatening someone probably isn't a good look to winning points in william's eyes.
so wanda — exhales a long, frustrated breath. and instead of answering the question, she asks another.]
What do you want with him? Why bother to help him when you didn't care about hurting him before?
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wanda’s question throws her off. and she realizes that she herself doesn’t fully know the answer. ]
I owe him.
[ for trying to get her out of the spell. for trying to see good in her when others didn’t. it’s almost a lie; it isn’t owing so much as caring about him. but she can’t confess to that. ]
He’s at least part of the reason I’m not still stuck in your spell.
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but some things don't.]
So, what, you're on an honor system now?
[a beat.]
Forgive me if I don't believe you.
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billy might vouch for her. but, of course, that's probably what wanda assumes -- that she's going to use him as some kind of shield. it's not something she wants to put him in the middle of, but she'd do it to save her skin. ]
Not exactly.
[ she doesn't bother maintaining the half-truth. but she doesn't dare utter the whole of it, even to herself. so what is she meant to say to wanda? ]
I'm not going to hurt him.
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agatha only barely qualifies as deserving anything at all — and that right could go away oh so easily. (she expects it to.)]
If you do, we're going to have a problem.
[still, she's making good on her word; she's trying.]
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Don't we already have a problem?
[ she knows wanda's anger runs deeper than her association with her son. and maybe she wants to test those boundaries. ]
If anything, you should be thanking me for keeping him safe.