Tony knew. He knew that the entire premise was unsustainable. Wasn't that what Ultron had been meant to solve? A suit of armor that was everywhere at once, could have countless copies and objectives. But there were pieces missing there too.
He stood up, because his foot had begun bouncing on the floor.
"I know. Finally. I get it. That there's no way to just fix things, once and for all. But it's ... "
He shook his head, eyes going blank of emotion, gaze staring straight through Wanda at something else, distant as a foreign star.
"I care about you. God, I care about all of you, so much. So if you want to know what made my feet finally bring me here to honestly try to hear you out. It's because the city let me see it. That vision, Wanda? That nightmare? You're more than you think. Because it's real, and it's not coming anymore. It's found us. And I lost. I can't save anything."
He wiped his mouth with his palm.
"Except maybe with you. With Peter. Maybe my own soul. Maybe that was the one thing I had to do in the first place."
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Date: 2018-08-09 03:30 am (UTC)He stood up, because his foot had begun bouncing on the floor.
"I know. Finally. I get it. That there's no way to just fix things, once and for all. But it's ... "
He shook his head, eyes going blank of emotion, gaze staring straight through Wanda at something else, distant as a foreign star.
"I care about you. God, I care about all of you, so much. So if you want to know what made my feet finally bring me here to honestly try to hear you out. It's because the city let me see it. That vision, Wanda? That nightmare? You're more than you think. Because it's real, and it's not coming anymore. It's found us. And I lost. I can't save anything."
He wiped his mouth with his palm.
"Except maybe with you. With Peter. Maybe my own soul. Maybe that was the one thing I had to do in the first place."