They were? Oh God. I didn't know. [She had hoped that at least this Anya had dodged the fire altogether.] I'm sorry. Though...for the record...respiratory problems never stopped Raistlin.
[She blinks, then blushes.] I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Having powers or not doesn't put people above or below each other or anything like that. I was mostly talking about greater ability to defend yourself. Frankly...all the powers in the world won't make your life better or worse unless you use it in certain ways anyway.
And you're not evil. And I don't fucking revile you one bit even if you did kill a version of me.
[She blinks several times and then shakes her head.] I wasn't significant to my father. Only Pietro was. I was nothing but a problem to him. He threw me away at eight when he realized he couldn't control my powers, had me locked up...and when I got out he brainwashed me. He never cared one bit about me as a person. He cared only about my powers, and gaining control of them. I was nothing but a commodity to him.
[She goes silent for a long time.]
For the record, I would have helped you get away.
[At all the self-berating Wanda shakes her head and waves a hand.] No, no, look--no. It's fine. It's actually fine. When I got here I wouldn't have been able to handle it. But I can handle it now.
It's really screwed up that the first person in our weird, damaged, multiverse-spanning clan that I can actually relate to is someone from another world who pretty much did what I wanted to do, except worse. Even finding out these things, I don't plan to shut you out. Truth is, I'm worried about leaving and not being around for you. I want to be the kind of mutant who gives you hope that we're not all going to just turn our backs on humanity, especially our own families.
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[She blinks, then blushes.] I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. Having powers or not doesn't put people above or below each other or anything like that. I was mostly talking about greater ability to defend yourself. Frankly...all the powers in the world won't make your life better or worse unless you use it in certain ways anyway.
And you're not evil. And I don't fucking revile you one bit even if you did kill a version of me.
[She blinks several times and then shakes her head.] I wasn't significant to my father. Only Pietro was. I was nothing but a problem to him. He threw me away at eight when he realized he couldn't control my powers, had me locked up...and when I got out he brainwashed me. He never cared one bit about me as a person. He cared only about my powers, and gaining control of them. I was nothing but a commodity to him.
[She goes silent for a long time.]
For the record, I would have helped you get away.
[At all the self-berating Wanda shakes her head and waves a hand.] No, no, look--no. It's fine. It's actually fine. When I got here I wouldn't have been able to handle it. But I can handle it now.
It's really screwed up that the first person in our weird, damaged, multiverse-spanning clan that I can actually relate to is someone from another world who pretty much did what I wanted to do, except worse. Even finding out these things, I don't plan to shut you out. Truth is, I'm worried about leaving and not being around for you. I want to be the kind of mutant who gives you hope that we're not all going to just turn our backs on humanity, especially our own families.