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“Sometimes it’s smarter to learn how to take no for an answer,” Robbie replied, as if anything he’d ever done could qualify as smart. He was just as stubborn as she seemed to be, just as determined. The two of them meeting head to head on this, fighting on something that Robbie wasn’t even sure he actually wanted to fight on, it was an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, and something had to give. Something had to explode.
But… She made one hell of an offer. The authorities were a thorn in his side and had been ever since SHIELD locked him in that containment module. They couldn’t hold him for long, couldn’t even hope to kill him, but his life would be easier without them chasing him around. And maybe… Maybe it could allow him to rebuild his relationship with his brother, too. “No more cops coming after me,” he said flatly. “That’s nonnegotiable. And no questioning who I go after. I don’t take orders. And…” He trailed off for a moment, studying her carefully. “I have a brother. If I’m gonna be on your team, it means people are more likely to figure out who I am. He stays safe. I don’t care what happens to me, but he stays safe.”
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“I’d rather be lucky than smart any day,” Carol shot back. She couldn’t say for sure where she first heard the phrase — sometimes in her dreams it was Yon-Rogg saying it. Sometimes it was Maria. And sometimes it was that smiling man, the one that didn’t make her want to put a fist through her wall, but actually made her a little nostalgic. That one felt the most true, but maybe it was just wishful thinking. Of all the strange memories in her head, he was the one she wanted to remember most.
She gave him a look. “Wouldn’t be much of a second chance if the cops were chasing after us,” she said. For the first time in the conversation, she was genuinely shocked. But it all made sense, this hesitation. Carol didn’t remember most of the people who could be used against her — but she did remember how it felt. “Absolutely,” she said, face serious. “You tell me what needs to be done for him, and I’ll see to it that it’s taken care of.”









