[wanda knows this conversation is happeningβcan hear itβand the twins are capable of having it at all because of her influence, the way her memories allows for the fuel for these two imagined lives to act as they did before she took down the hex for good. peter asks them if she needs help, and there is an ache in her heart.
she worries, now, perhaps without having the right to, after barging into peter's mind and trying to anchor these irrational feelings that make the darkness grow within oneself.
while she may have separated herself from the chaos she breathed life into, she is very much in the midst of it. turning her hand, grafting through the magic with tiny movements of her fingers. now that peter is a little more disconnected from his thoughts, distracted either by the presence of the twins or just general understanding of the situation at hand, it allows wanda the opportunity to grab purchase of her magic and really have a foothold on it.
does your mom need help? β the question echoes, and she closes her eyes tight, uncertainty heavy.
tommy speaks abruptly.]
She's afraid you'll hate her. [the boy turns to look at his brother, the two of them keeping eye contact for a while longer, before nodding and turning back to peter. billy points at the window.] But she doesn't want you to stay trapped here. You could jump, but... you'll need to stop thinking so much.
[certainty. resolve. that's what peter will need.]
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she worries, now, perhaps without having the right to, after barging into peter's mind and trying to anchor these irrational feelings that make the darkness grow within oneself.
while she may have separated herself from the chaos she breathed life into, she is very much in the midst of it. turning her hand, grafting through the magic with tiny movements of her fingers. now that peter is a little more disconnected from his thoughts, distracted either by the presence of the twins or just general understanding of the situation at hand, it allows wanda the opportunity to grab purchase of her magic and really have a foothold on it.
does your mom need help? β the question echoes, and she closes her eyes tight, uncertainty heavy.
tommy speaks abruptly.]
She's afraid you'll hate her. [the boy turns to look at his brother, the two of them keeping eye contact for a while longer, before nodding and turning back to peter. billy points at the window.] But she doesn't want you to stay trapped here. You could jump, but... you'll need to stop thinking so much.
[certainty. resolve. that's what peter will need.]