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[ he drops steve's hand but doesn't move away at all, trying to take a deep breath so he doesn't start raining lightning down on the whole circle. ]

You weren't... around for this, but Pepper and I had a villain like this. He thought he could alter humans in his image, but the solution was extremely volatile. I don't know how much was publicized about "The Mandarin Incident" but... I know Rhodey kept a lot of it locked up. Mostly because he kidnapped the president too? It was a mess.

[ tony pushes a hand back through his hair. this is giving him déjà vu in the worst way, and he's not sure he has the energy to do it all over again. ]

The point is, I think we have to kill her. I don't see another way out. [ it might kill them, but he can't be another evil sock puppet. he won't. ]

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[He bites down on his lip to keep from interrupting. It isn't that Steve doesn't know about the incident in question. His knowledge begins and ends with it is a thing that happened that no one seemed willing to give a straight answer on. Finally getting a frank answer on it is a bitter pill to swallow especially when he knows he can't fall in line with Tony for this.

He can't know what destroying her would do to them. Steve sucks in a tense breath as he decides he needs to state as much.] Maybe if it were just us I could back that. We both know I'm willing to die to end a threat. I can't kill the others to stop her. I don't think you can either.

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[ a loud thunder crack overhead announces tony's upset better than he could at the other man's flippant dismissal of his own life. it's only a second later that he catches up and realizes he'd done the same exact thing. he shakes his head as the weather backs off and he looks down into his lap. ]

So now what? We just keep toeing the line?