[ this won't change anything. it's one sort of assurance, alright.
except, maybe, this might make stephen trust him less here, and that risk doesn't sit right with peter. it would be deserved, all things considered, but he's never been good at letting people down. he needs to be reliable here, too. ]
Yeah — well, you saw the news...[ he seems to drop the idea of taking a fast exit out of this situation, takes a deep breath and straightens out his shoulders, and continues: ] My identity being out in the open — that really messed up a lot of things. [ Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman really means that people don't know who he is. just someone looking out for the little guy. you put a name to it and... ]
I came to you to ask if you could undo that. The world knowing who I was. I — look, the truth coming out also put people close to me at risk and - and just — I didn't know what else to do! I thought with the Time Stone — [ he grimaces. no, talking about it again doesn't make it easier is a rapid fire conclusion. actually it sounds dumber to say it now because he has the context of what happens next and yet...and yet, could he say he wouldn't try to do the same thing? ] — You said you didn't have it anymore, but that there was a memory spell, so...
[ he lets that hang between them, for a moment. trying to gauge reaction, maybe, but the look on his face loudly proclaims but wait there's more and it gets worse. ]
o boy!
except, maybe, this might make stephen trust him less here, and that risk doesn't sit right with peter. it would be deserved, all things considered, but he's never been good at letting people down. he needs to be reliable here, too. ]
Yeah — well, you saw the news...[ he seems to drop the idea of taking a fast exit out of this situation, takes a deep breath and straightens out his shoulders, and continues: ] My identity being out in the open — that really messed up a lot of things. [ Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman really means that people don't know who he is. just someone looking out for the little guy. you put a name to it and... ]
I came to you to ask if you could undo that. The world knowing who I was. I — look, the truth coming out also put people close to me at risk and - and just — I didn't know what else to do! I thought with the Time Stone — [ he grimaces. no, talking about it again doesn't make it easier is a rapid fire conclusion. actually it sounds dumber to say it now because he has the context of what happens next and yet...and yet, could he say he wouldn't try to do the same thing? ] — You said you didn't have it anymore, but that there was a memory spell, so...
[ he lets that hang between them, for a moment. trying to gauge reaction, maybe, but the look on his face loudly proclaims but wait there's more and it gets worse. ]