Maybe they're just tired of doing their own dirty work.
[Karen sounds sort of resigned as the makes the observation. She can't stop thinking about the morality behind the actions they've seen from the fae so far. The overall picture just makes her think that their way of feeling and relating with others is just...alien. Like it's never going to parse because they're speaking two entirely different emotional languages.
On the plus side, she is pretty sure that means they'll be able to figure out a way to surprise them.
When Clint reaches across the table, her attention re-focuses on him in a way where it's clear that she's suddenly put two and two together. Like that act of reaching out and making a not-promise about getting out of there is what finally makes her go oh, shit, this is an Avenger.
After a moment, that recognition is replaced with understanding.]
No, you won't be alone in that. This is on all of our shoulders. I don't imagine they'll make it easy on us. [She's still obviously tense, but there's something in the way that she says that last sentence that makes it sound like what she's really saying is that she's never met a challenge she's backed down from before. Even when she's scared. Maybe even especially when she's scared.]
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[Karen sounds sort of resigned as the makes the observation. She can't stop thinking about the morality behind the actions they've seen from the fae so far. The overall picture just makes her think that their way of feeling and relating with others is just...alien. Like it's never going to parse because they're speaking two entirely different emotional languages.
On the plus side, she is pretty sure that means they'll be able to figure out a way to surprise them.
When Clint reaches across the table, her attention re-focuses on him in a way where it's clear that she's suddenly put two and two together. Like that act of reaching out and making a not-promise about getting out of there is what finally makes her go oh, shit, this is an Avenger.
After a moment, that recognition is replaced with understanding.]
No, you won't be alone in that. This is on all of our shoulders. I don't imagine they'll make it easy on us. [She's still obviously tense, but there's something in the way that she says that last sentence that makes it sound like what she's really saying is that she's never met a challenge she's backed down from before. Even when she's scared. Maybe even especially when she's scared.]