Teddy misplaced a step into a puddle of gooey caramel at Noh-Varr's question. It had just come out so...casual-sounding.
"Well, first of all, Young Avengers don't kill," he said, pulling his foot loose and attempting scrape the caramel off the bottom of his boot. It worked about as well as attempting to scrape dog poop out of the deep treads and he huffed in annoyance. "Second of all, Young Avengers especially don't kill people who are being forced to do things by evil whackjobs who think vivisecting people is okay."
He pressed his lips together in a thin line. "Vision said that you were really screwed up, and that he could put you back together. We all liked the sound of that better than killing you when what you'd done wasn't your fault."
(It had been months since referencing Jonas had made his voice crack, but remembering what had happened to his teammate -- and the way Nate had dismissed him -- still made his fingers flex and his claws sharpen.)
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"Well, first of all, Young Avengers don't kill," he said, pulling his foot loose and attempting scrape the caramel off the bottom of his boot. It worked about as well as attempting to scrape dog poop out of the deep treads and he huffed in annoyance. "Second of all, Young Avengers especially don't kill people who are being forced to do things by evil whackjobs who think vivisecting people is okay."
He pressed his lips together in a thin line. "Vision said that you were really screwed up, and that he could put you back together. We all liked the sound of that better than killing you when what you'd done wasn't your fault."
(It had been months since referencing Jonas had made his voice crack, but remembering what had happened to his teammate -- and the way Nate had dismissed him -- still made his fingers flex and his claws sharpen.)