We've never been more than people with commonalities, brought together by chance, not choice.
[ they're not a group. not a team, not a family, not SHIELD (his heart aches for them, for the sense of belonging that they foster in him). maybe he forgot that for a moment or two (with certain people, who make him — soft, worried, sloppy). his birthday left him happier than he'd been in months, but he knew that was temporary, the same as the relative period of peace and quiet in his head, which has reached a new, discordant peak as he reads and replies to this post.
it's neural overload, when his circuits are already fried. ]
We're in the moral grey now, Markus. Before this, things have been relatively straightforward, haven't they? Save the civilians and each other. Solve the mysteries. Disagreement now is to be expected, given the high stakes and dangers this post has made tangible. And it would also seem that this topic has arrived at a precarious moment for many individuals.
[ that's about more than the obvious, as plenty of their own seem to be fighting with their fellows or unearthing old wounds from other universes. ]
It worries me, but I don't know if a smoother outcome was ever possible, with all these factors in play.
private.
[ they're not a group. not a team, not a family, not SHIELD (his heart aches for them, for the sense of belonging that they foster in him). maybe he forgot that for a moment or two (with certain people, who make him — soft, worried, sloppy). his birthday left him happier than he'd been in months, but he knew that was temporary, the same as the relative period of peace and quiet in his head, which has reached a new, discordant peak as he reads and replies to this post.
it's neural overload, when his circuits are already fried. ]
We're in the moral grey now, Markus. Before this, things have been relatively straightforward, haven't they? Save the civilians and each other. Solve the mysteries.
Disagreement now is to be expected, given the high stakes and dangers this post has made tangible.
And it would also seem that this topic has arrived at a precarious moment for many individuals.
[ that's about more than the obvious, as plenty of their own seem to be fighting with their fellows or unearthing old wounds from other universes. ]
It worries me, but I don't know if a smoother outcome was ever possible, with all these factors in play.