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[incogneto]

Sure. It might be nicer with company.

[ He does go to leave things at their graves sometimes. ]

I'll introduce you.

[redchaos]

I'd like that. They should know you're in good hands.

[Maybe not the best, but. She does intend on looking out for him where she can.]

[incogneto]

They would, I think. And there are photos, still, there. I haven't looked at them.

[redchaos]

You should have those.

[She frowns, not liking the thought of photos of his family left behind.]

We'll get them. Make a good place for them here.

[incogneto]

I don't know if I'm ready for that. We'll see how I feel when I take you to meet them.

[redchaos]

How long has it been?

[Maybe she should have asked that before.]

[incogneto]

Just over eleven years, now.

[ Yeah, sorry Wanda, you're gonna be sad for a long time. ]

[redchaos]

[So long and still so much pain. Wanda feels her heart sink, but for herself and out of sympathy for him.]

I'm sorry.

[It's not her place to push him into things he's not ready for.]

omg i just realized i forgot they renamed her to nina in the movies

[incogneto]

[ He shakes his head. ]

The wound will never heal if I don't do anything to heal it.

It's all good in the vastness of the multiverse 😎

[redchaos]

[It's a good way of thinking.]

I'll help you if I'm able. It's the least I can do.

[incogneto]

You are kind.

[ He wonders how she got to be called a monster, but he realizes it's probably the grief. ]

[redchaos]

I try to be.

[Her intentions are generally good, but the road to hell, so on and so forth.]

It's easier with you.

[incogneto]

Well, I think for perfect strangers, we understand each other in a way few else can.

[redchaos]

I don't think we'll be strangers for long.

[She likes him, despite her reservations. But that's more her, not him.]

[incogneto]

No, I think not.

But, well. We are related, in some universes.

[redchaos]

So far, that doesn't seem like a terrible fate.

[He's a man that loved his family dearly. It's hard for Wanda to dislike someone like that.]

[incogneto]

Flattery will get you everything.

[ A beat. ]

Do you play chess?

[redchaos]

No. Why?

[incogneto]

Just wanted to see if I could interest you in a game. Charles and I used to play, but it's hard playing against a telepath.

[redchaos]

[Wanda smiles wryly, pushing down the urge to tell him she knows. A Charles has been in her head before, too.]

I can get into heads as well. But I try not to do it without permission these days.

[That said...]

You could teach me how to play. I won't cheat.

[incogneto]

You can choose?

That's new.

That's all right. I can find a different game for us.

[redchaos]

It takes a little effort to read minds. But I can manipulate thoughts, dreams, emotions...

[Not really what people love to hear, because it makes them suspicious. Rightfully so.]

I don't like doing it when I don't have to.

[incogneto]

No, I don't imagine so.

You don't want to see my dreams, anyway.

[redchaos]

Nightmares?

[No surprise there, given what he's told her.]

[incogneto]

I was an experiment, too.

[ A beat. ]

Don't worry, I killed him.