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[redchaos]

You're starting to make my life sound tame.

[She's happy to not think about this "Peter" and how she was so certain this was her brother, even if it hadn't made sense at the time. Magic and grief are funny things.]

[incogneto]

It's been... interesting. But I've also had my powers for nearly fifty years.

[ Which honestly, is so weird but at least Wanda knows she's going to age well. ]

I feel like you're just now growing into yours.

[redchaos]

[Trauma keeps the wrinkles away.]

What I'm capable of keeps surprising me. I thought I was normal, for a long time.

[incogneto]

Don't we all?

I still don't think I understand it. Your power.

[ Technically, Erik's is also a lot more than what's presented on the surface, but Wanda's? Wanda's needed a lot more explanation. ]

[redchaos]

[That makes two of them, but she likes to at least give the illusion that she has her shit together when it comes to her abilities. He doesn't need to know the whole mess.]

I can alter reality. Alter minds. Move buildings with just a thought. Those are the broad strokes.

[She nods towards him.]

And yours revolves around metal?

[incogneto]

Ferrous metals, mostly. I'm working on the rest.

[ But definitely nothing like Wanda's. ]

What did you change?

[ He assumes the changes are permanent. ]

Or would I know?

[redchaos]

I wouldn't be able to tell ferrous metal apart from non-ferrous.

[She admits with a bit of amusement. Orphans don't really get the best of schooling. As for his questions, she gives a little shrug. Westview was not one of her best moments.]

Well... the boys. They were born because of my magic. Chaos magic, is what they call it. It's all part of a prophecy. The Scarlet Witch.

[Destined to rule or destroy, but ultimately, to be buried.]

Metal sounds more useful.

[incogneto]

Everyone has their own gifts, Wanda. We don't get to choose them, but we do get to choose what to do with them.

And I think creating your children is a great use of your powers.

[ He doesn't know what else she's done, but he can promise there's no judgment here. ]

[redchaos]

You're biased.

[It's sweet, in a way.]

[incogneto]

Well, I never said I wasn't.

But am I so wrong?

[redchaos]

I think a great portion of the multiverse would disagree.

[Chaos magic is nasty business, regardless of the outcome.]

[incogneto]

I don't do things because people will agree with them. I wouldn't expect that of you, either.

[redchaos]

I'm sure that makes you just as popular as I am.

[incogneto]

You too?

I did get sent away to prison for a murder I didn't commit.

[redchaos]

Is that the worst of your crimes? One you didn't commit?

[incogneto]

...No, there were plenty I did commit. Mostly murders, some grand theft. Once I dropped a stadium around politicians to trap them.

[ That was a thing. He's not explaining. But to clarify the other thing: ]

I hunted down the man who killed my mother. He held no remorse. Murdered the men who killed my wife and child.

They call me a monster, and maybe that is true, but I've regretted little.

[redchaos]

[Wanda listens, and a part of her is relieved. Nothing about the man screams saint, but it would be amiss for him to be horrified at her acts given what he's just shared.]

I regret a lot of what I've done. The people I've killed.

[Intentionally or not.]

But if you hadn't killed the men who killed your daughter, I think I would have offered to do it myself.

[She's decided she likes him that much.]

[incogneto]

[ A lip quirks up. Maybe the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree after all. ]

I wish we had met, previous to this. I'm not sure I would have talked you out of what you did. But I don't want you to be alone.

[redchaos]

[She gives a small nod of agreement.]

Being alone with powers like ours is one of the most dangerous things that could happen.

[incogneto]

Do you still want to get off the grid?

[ He can actually help her with that, but maybe right now she needs a father instead. ]

[redchaos]

Maybe not entirely.

[He's definitely not so bad.]

[incogneto]

Well, you're welcome to stay here as well, I've got a guest room. And I could buy you a new phone.

[ If it's confusing where he gets all his money from, well, they both control aspects of the market, don't they? ]

[redchaos]

You wouldn't mind?

[Clearly, he wouldn't. But she has to ask.]

[incogneto]

Not at all. I think it'd be good for both of us.

[redchaos]

Then I'll stay. Keep you company.

[He seems to genuinely want it, so she won't ask again.]

Chase away anyone who might want to cause you trouble.