I know it wasn't what it looked like. You don't need to justify anything to me.
[He doesnβt know know it, of course. He wasn't there. But what he does know, through even their brief acquaintance, was that Peter wasn't what the media made him out to be. A story sensationalized, or twisted up in bad faith, or without every angle of information, with no context that he knows always exists; none of it reflected this kid's well-meaning nature, someone so young carrying enough responsibilities that'd break the back of most adults.
Are A and B connected? The news stories and the question he had to ask? "Everything's okay now"; it wasn't before. "You don't need to worry about that"; Stephen could and should worry about it.
After all, a man who was once-guardian of a relic called the Time Stone extends his purview even into a future that hasn't come to pass.]
So are you being vague because you don't want to tell me, or you think that you can't tell me? Because take this into account first: timelines are warped and out of place already. [Again, the idea of Stark, the dead man walking, comes to mind. Or beyond that, other Summoned who talk of inconsistencies in their own timeframes, or the fact that this world is an impossible crossroads as it is.]
You said this is your second time here. Did you remember the first after you returned to Earth?
[Maybe Peter can see what he's getting at. Sensitive information, spoken too early to those who shouldn't know it, seems to have little effect back home when memory isn't part of the equation.]
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[He doesnβt know know it, of course. He wasn't there. But what he does know, through even their brief acquaintance, was that Peter wasn't what the media made him out to be. A story sensationalized, or twisted up in bad faith, or without every angle of information, with no context that he knows always exists; none of it reflected this kid's well-meaning nature, someone so young carrying enough responsibilities that'd break the back of most adults.
Are A and B connected? The news stories and the question he had to ask? "Everything's okay now"; it wasn't before. "You don't need to worry about that"; Stephen could and should worry about it.
After all, a man who was once-guardian of a relic called the Time Stone extends his purview even into a future that hasn't come to pass.]
So are you being vague because you don't want to tell me, or you think that you can't tell me? Because take this into account first: timelines are warped and out of place already. [Again, the idea of Stark, the dead man walking, comes to mind. Or beyond that, other Summoned who talk of inconsistencies in their own timeframes, or the fact that this world is an impossible crossroads as it is.]
You said this is your second time here. Did you remember the first after you returned to Earth?
[Maybe Peter can see what he's getting at. Sensitive information, spoken too early to those who shouldn't know it, seems to have little effect back home when memory isn't part of the equation.]