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[seeingscarlet]

Do we know what happens to people who disappear? Are they safe?

[Everything is fine.]

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[outstandingbalance]

Wanda?

Are you okay?

[seeingscarlet]

I just need to know that Vision is safe, wherever he is

[So no, but she's trying really hard.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha reads into the answer. And she wishes she could say something comforting.]

I'd like to believe he is.

[seeingscarlet]

[Except there's nothing that could really comfort her right now, other than Vision suddenly appearing in the doorway.]

They play with things they don't understand. Anything is possible

If he is safe on Naviadna that would be best

[outstandingbalance]

I know. And... I know.

If he is, then figure we'll see him again before too long.

[seeingscarlet]

We have to make them tell us what they've done. I have to know

[She won't have any peace until she does. She might not have much afterwards, but it would be easier to endure if she didn't have to worry about Vision's safety. If she can trust a word the Agrii say, that is.]

[outstandingbalance]

I'm not sure they'd understand the question if we asked. I don't know that they think like us.

[seeingscarlet]

If I get a chance I am going to make them understand

[outstandingbalance]

[Ominous, but not surprising.]

Hopefully it doesn't come to that. Hopefully you'll see him again before you have the chance.

[seeingscarlet]

[What else is she supposed to do? She can't do nothing. This is Wanda, after all, who would go to the ends of the earth and beyond for the people she loves.]

I am tired of them treating us like toys

[outstandingbalance]

I know. There's no reason you shouldn't be, either. It's not fair. And it's not easy.

[seeingscarlet]

[Validation might be the best comfort Natasha can offer right now. She understands how the Agrii and Atroma make Wanda feel in a way that most don't.]

This has to stop. We all deserve better

You deserve so much better

I will do what I have to to keep us safe

[outstandingbalance]

If there's anything I can do, let me know.

[To help her with her goal, but more importantly to comfort her. It's easier to offer this way though. To ignore the emotional implications.]