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[ out of everyone that he has to apologize to, Kate is one of the hardest, so he saves it for last. he writes something, deletes it before sending, then writes it again in hopes that it sounds sincere. he does it two more times, and even upon the last one, he's not satisfied with the words.
he had, in essence, done something that needed apologizing twice. the first one far more malicious than the last, but not without the knowledge that something might have gone wrong. it brings him back to Verity, how he hurt her, how he continuously hurt her.
she had scolded him for not apologizing the first time—he should have, then. he can't take that back, so he's doing it now. he scraps the scrip again: ]
Kate-
Listen.
he had, in essence, done something that needed apologizing twice. the first one far more malicious than the last, but not without the knowledge that something might have gone wrong. it brings him back to Verity, how he hurt her, how he continuously hurt her.
she had scolded him for not apologizing the first time—he should have, then. he can't take that back, so he's doing it now. he scraps the scrip again: ]
Kate-
Listen.
[Kate's been trying to give Loki space. He must need it after what happened, and how horrifically uncomfortable it must have been. Honestly, she was expecting him to avoid her for longer, so it's a relief to get his message. She nearly asks if he's okay, but this has the air of him forcing himself to say something he's not going to have an easy time with, so she holds back.]
hey
i'm here.
hey
i'm here.
[ after everything, he's not sure how he feels. guilty, mostly, angry too, but there are other things that he'd rather ignore, like how readily everyone is forgiving him. ]
I know you said you wanted to be friends, and so far I've been a fairly poor one.
There's not many excuses I can weave, pleasant lies that reduce my culpability, but the consequences are as they are. I took it upon myself to go into that building, and this was the result.
I'm sorry, Kate Bishop. You saved me when I had less than deserved your aid.
I know you said you wanted to be friends, and so far I've been a fairly poor one.
There's not many excuses I can weave, pleasant lies that reduce my culpability, but the consequences are as they are. I took it upon myself to go into that building, and this was the result.
I'm sorry, Kate Bishop. You saved me when I had less than deserved your aid.
[ is this about Noh-Varr. ]
It wasn't quite like mind control. [ even if he was the whims of his own aggression rather than another person. it didn't feel like the complacency drug. ]
More like an impulse. I knew what I was doing- I knew what it was like doing that.
It wasn't quite like mind control. [ even if he was the whims of his own aggression rather than another person. it didn't feel like the complacency drug. ]
More like an impulse. I knew what I was doing- I knew what it was like doing that.
[ this is terrible and he hates it all, BUT HE'LL LIVE HE SUPPOSES.
the apartment is in the lower-ish levels, in small, crowded conditions in a not-so-bad-but-could-be-worse part of the city. Loki has to let her through two sets of doors through the neural implant, and then to the upper floor of his apartment. it's also small, actually, it looks to small to even house Thor and another person, but here they are.
Loki's in a slouchy pants and a tank top. his socks have stripes on them. he waves Kate in. ]
Hello, Kate Bishop, you made it.
[ of course she made it. ]
the apartment is in the lower-ish levels, in small, crowded conditions in a not-so-bad-but-could-be-worse part of the city. Loki has to let her through two sets of doors through the neural implant, and then to the upper floor of his apartment. it's also small, actually, it looks to small to even house Thor and another person, but here they are.
Loki's in a slouchy pants and a tank top. his socks have stripes on them. he waves Kate in. ]
Hello, Kate Bishop, you made it.
[ of course she made it. ]
Nothing could keep me away. Cute socks.
[Kate is holding one of those environmentally friendly biodegradable bags everyone uses now, and she offers it to him.]
I got you Nutella and bacon. I mean, it's probably bug bacon or something, but beggars can't be choosers. Just don't combine it with anything disgusting in front of me.
[Kate is holding one of those environmentally friendly biodegradable bags everyone uses now, and she offers it to him.]
I got you Nutella and bacon. I mean, it's probably bug bacon or something, but beggars can't be choosers. Just don't combine it with anything disgusting in front of me.
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