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[dothelokimotion]

What would you consider to be unforgivable?

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[seeingscarlet]

Sometimes you can learn to live with it, but it's still part of them. Not quite unforgiven, but not unforgotten.

[Who exactly is she talking about? It's a mystery...]

But if anyone hurts my family, they'll regret it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ So the usual stuff. ]

Straightforward.

But that does not tell what is unforgivable.

[seeingscarlet]

Intent.

Sometimes what someone meant to do, or didn't mean to do, is more important than what happened. It depends on the situation.

[dothelokimotion]

So you have no clear situation of what is unforgivable?

[seeingscarlet]

The cultists. The person who killed my brother and destroyed my home.

Did something happen?

[dothelokimotion]

Not at all.

I was mostly curious.

[seeingscarlet]

I've done things some people wouldn't forgive. I am maybe not the best person to ask.

[dothelokimotion]

Only some?

How do you know if anyone has truly forgiven you?

[seeingscarlet]

I know when people are still afraid.

And I didn't say everyone did.

[dothelokimotion]

Neither did I.

And there are always limits to how much you know a person, even with our skills.

[seeingscarlet]

Why do you think I was pulling my punches? I've done worse.

[dothelokimotion]

Which is what, precisely?

[seeingscarlet]

You know where my powers came from.

[Must she say it?]

[dothelokimotion]

From the Mind Gem, I assume. That is the extent of my knowledge.

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[seeingscarlet]

I can do anything the Mind Stone could.

[please don't make her say it

...she's going to lock this just in case.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ He's clearly missing something here. ]

So can I.

I fail to see the issue with that.

[seeingscarlet]

You asked what I did that is unforgivable.

I think you can imagine. I was not always the Avengers' friend.

[Maybe she shouldn't be telling him this, but if he's going to be helping her, he'll find out eventually.]

[dothelokimotion]

And yet you are now.

Is it that you are unforgivable or that they'll change their minds?

[seeingscarlet]

Somewhere in between, I think. I can't say I would never use these powers again.

[She's sorry for hurting them now, and she's very sorry for losing control of the Hulk. It's a darker power, sure, but Wanda can't say there isn't someone out there who's earned a little mindbending.]

[dothelokimotion]

Your powers are a part of you now. To deny it is to deny yourself. And there's no point doing that for other people.

[seeingscarlet]

[There's a longer pause this time.]

I don't want them to hate me.

[Would they, if she stopped holding back? Steve might not, but the others...]

[dothelokimotion]

Hating yourself is a worse alternative.

[ And Loki would know. Who else would he hate more? ]

[seeingscarlet]

I don't hate myself. But sometimes it frightens me.

[dothelokimotion]

It is the same thing.

[seeingscarlet]

[They haven't officially had any lessons since his original offer, but:]

Can you help me understand it better?

I don't want to accidentally hurt someone.