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    She doesn’t condescend to him by explaining what he already understands, instead jumping to the first possible solution. “Do you know how to reactivate your vocal processors?”

    He shakes his head, dazed, and feels that he’s failed something.

    Gamora’s dress makes shifting sounds as she crosses her arms. Then she earns his pathetic, eternal gratitude by asking, “How long will it take you to learn?”

    (Rocket loses his voice.)

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    16 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 82

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    To most people, John probably looks the perfect little soldier, despite some previous, minor hiccups. In reality, he's teetering on the edge of suicide. Not that he'd call it that. He just wants his death to mean something, okay?

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    05 Sep 2025

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    “Anybody broken?” He hears Bucky say, somewhere further back, and increases his pace. It’s not like he’s embarrassed about getting hit, has been in the line of fire long enough to know that there’s no shame in it, and yet somehow, with this team, he has the overwhelming urge to show as little weakness as possible.

    Yelena would have a field day with that line of thinking, would lecture him about trust issues and team cohesion and a slew of other complaints, but what she doesn’t know won’t kill her.

    It’s not like any of them trust him, anyway, so it’s all a bit hypocritical.

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    26 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    Prowl takes an approach: being a tool is useful to the cause.

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    09 Feb 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 51

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    “Those cats made Vegas swing," Benny tells House, the day he signs over his tribe's future with a name ripped from history books. “I’m following their footsteps.”

    He doesn’t give a fuck about Vegas, and the Old World slang makes him want to crawl out of his skin, but it’s what House wants to hear. He’d say anything to keep his tribe here, with food and medicine and soft mattresses under a solid roof. A chance like this won’t come again.

    (Or: Benny and House, over the years.)

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    30 Nov 2023