Well, then. Here’s a lengthy, heavy pause, as Peter turns those words over in his head. Then, ]
... We were fighting Thanos?
[ Rather than disbelieving, he just sounds— uncertain. Wary, rather than skeptical.
Peter has always figured theywould go toe-to-toe with that bastard eventually, but if he’s honest, Gamora had always made the Mad Titan sound terrifying, and like some kind of bogeyman made manifest. “We’re not ready,” she had told Peter over and over, and since they arrived in Riverview, she routinely ran him through drills, trying to get him physically prepared, for whatever good that might do.
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Well, then. Here’s a lengthy, heavy pause, as Peter turns those words over in his head. Then, ]
... We were fighting Thanos?
[ Rather than disbelieving, he just sounds— uncertain. Wary, rather than skeptical.
Peter has always figured theywould go toe-to-toe with that bastard eventually, but if he’s honest, Gamora had always made the Mad Titan sound terrifying, and like some kind of bogeyman made manifest. “We’re not ready,” she had told Peter over and over, and since they arrived in Riverview, she routinely ran him through drills, trying to get him physically prepared, for whatever good that might do.
He drags a hand down his face. ]
Well... [ A beat of silence. ] ... Shit.