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FORTY SIX ✖ VOICE

Tony Stark's graduated and elected to return home for now, so I'm afraid congratulations might have to be directed towards one of his teammates to bring back with them when they depart, or otherwise wait until he returns. [If he does, because man seriously Charles would not blame him at all if he elected to stay home permanently.

But then again, Charles has hated the Barge for a long time so maybe he's a little biased. :V]

[Friends Filter]

Are you alright?

[ooc: The one friendly conversation rule applies to the filter! Em says Tony would have said goodbye in person to at least Charles, Pepper, Steve and Banner, but otherwise he just peaced out.]

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[Aw you called him mom. c:]

I'm not just talking about dying in port, or making deals. For some people, this is literally their last chance, and they have to go through hell to get it, with no guarantee of success. For every inmate who's graduated, there have been dozens who have vanished without a trace, and for most, that means they're dead. I'd say that's a fairly high stakes game.

[she saves it special for when she's being sarcastic, duh]

But we were going to die anyway. Even if you miss your miracle, it's a wash.

[HE WILL TAKE WHAT HE CAN GET.]

So you wouldn't rather have a second chance?

[Maybe not. She doesn't know. But she shoves that thought away, grateful that they aren't discussing this in person.]

I just don't feel like I'm owed one. It's all extra. And the resurrection will keep working or it won't, there's no point getting distraught about things completely out of my control.

[Which is, admittedly, a much higher bar than it sounds.]

Why don't you feel like you're owed one?

Nobody is. That's pretty much what second chance means.

I don't really believe that.

Mistakes have consequences.

And some people deserve forgiveness and a chance to change what happened.

Why?

Because everyone makes mistakes, and some have the potential to learn from them and change the situation for the better.

At the cost of giving them the opportunity to hurt people again.

I'm not saying you need to give serial murderers or child molesters a second chance, Anya. But sometimes, good people make bad decisions.

No.

[It's low, forceful, almost growled. Suddenly she's angry, where she had only been cynical and argumentative before.]

You are what. You. Do.

People can mislead themselves about why, they can be stupid instead of malicious, but that doesn't matter. Consequences matter.

No, you're not. And it's better to give someone who made a mistake a second chance than to write them off entirely.

It isn't better just because you can afford it.

[And then the feed cuts off - she hangs up on him.]

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