[Rumlow wasn't a good man, not with all that he had done. In his mind, his actions had been for the right reasons, to dirty his hands so that other people wouldn't have to. Building a better world involved dirty tactics, dirty action, and a particularly jaded mindset. There was a reason he had no children of his own; he could never mind a child and worried one would turn out as he did.
Ava had really been his one attempt to see what the other side lived like. He might have been nice to her, gifted her and even took risks for her, but he knew it wasn't the same. He wasn't there much time at all, wasn't any guide through life, didn't instruct her on boys much or life in general. He came in her life just long enough to show her something else about it and then left again to her isolation. He didn't think real parents were supposed to do that, but then again, there were some awful parents out there.
For a second, he thought that Natasha had more parental skills than he did, but he actually took it back a moment later. She might try, but in the end, she was just like him: spy first and all potential individuals worth caring left behind. It was dangerous to have that kind of weakness available for exploitation.] Left you with agents, huh? And she couldn't even deliver birthday presents herself? That's rather telling. Even STRIKE mostly remembered you had one... which is saying a lot.
[He shook his head and stared at the candy bar like it might strike him. Still, he took a bite of it, aware that they were likely to be here awhile and there was no point wasting food.] Squats are always great for calorie burn.
[Her powers had seemingly been linked to her emotions, and that had been one thing they hadn't done well at and that was to teach her to hold it all in. When her emotions went out, she seemed to storm in every way possible. Or so he had been told. Electrical burns could be rather telling all the same.] I suppose the wiping was supposed to help take care of that, huh? Amazing you didn't just blow the machine up.
[He had seen the Asset wiped once, and it had made him momentarily question why he was doing what he was. It was like electrocuting a confused puppy, but he hadn't questioned it. Not outloud anyway.]
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Ava had really been his one attempt to see what the other side lived like. He might have been nice to her, gifted her and even took risks for her, but he knew it wasn't the same. He wasn't there much time at all, wasn't any guide through life, didn't instruct her on boys much or life in general. He came in her life just long enough to show her something else about it and then left again to her isolation. He didn't think real parents were supposed to do that, but then again, there were some awful parents out there.
For a second, he thought that Natasha had more parental skills than he did, but he actually took it back a moment later. She might try, but in the end, she was just like him: spy first and all potential individuals worth caring left behind. It was dangerous to have that kind of weakness available for exploitation.] Left you with agents, huh? And she couldn't even deliver birthday presents herself? That's rather telling. Even STRIKE mostly remembered you had one... which is saying a lot.
[He shook his head and stared at the candy bar like it might strike him. Still, he took a bite of it, aware that they were likely to be here awhile and there was no point wasting food.] Squats are always great for calorie burn.
[Her powers had seemingly been linked to her emotions, and that had been one thing they hadn't done well at and that was to teach her to hold it all in. When her emotions went out, she seemed to storm in every way possible. Or so he had been told. Electrical burns could be rather telling all the same.] I suppose the wiping was supposed to help take care of that, huh? Amazing you didn't just blow the machine up.
[He had seen the Asset wiped once, and it had made him momentarily question why he was doing what he was. It was like electrocuting a confused puppy, but he hadn't questioned it. Not outloud anyway.]