On finally seeing the latest episode...

[an_ant_man]

Yeah, I apologized, all right? It matters too much to her and it's the right thing for her, and that means I go my way and she goes hers. What's there more to go over?

And no, you do not get it. Or me. Now go play.

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[wasp_stings]

You can apologize until you're blue in the face. It doesn't make you just giving up okay.

[Hurt? You better believe it, Hank.]

[an_ant_man]

I know, Jan. I just hope...

I just hope you never get to a place where nothing is okay.

[wasp_stings]

What does that even mean?

[Communication issues, they got them.]

[an_ant_man]

Have you even tried to consider why I'm not trying to get you to stop?

The fact that the Avengers are right for you doesn't make them right for me. Or, rather, doesn't make me right for... them. And dragging you down was never on the agenda.

[wasp_stings]

So what are you implying that I'm trying to drag you down, because I think you're making a mistake?

Okay so you don't want to fight anymore, but I don't see you coming up with other viable options either. You've just stopped trying at all and well I'm sorry. I'm not ever going to be okay with that.

[an_ant_man]

No! You don't drag me down, you couldn't drag anybody down if you tried!

I don't have what it takes to be a her-- am not the right person for the job. Any job that people's lives depend on.

[wasp_stings]

Hank, I really do think you're selling yourself short. It's because of you that I'm able to help at all. [She has not forgotten where she got her powers from.]

[an_ant_man]

*dammit, Jan, you're making his throat tight. But there's no way to say he's done everything wrong when she's brought that up. So he sighs.*

You... you'd have found another way to help, if I hadn't. It...

The powers one has matter less than it's the right person that uses them. I can't be that person.

...though if you want those upgrades, I'll be working on them.

[wasp_stings]

That's not what I meant...[She's not any better at this sort of thing as he is. Thus she just sighs.] Nevermind, I won't keep badgering you about this.

[Because she'll just end up blowing up again and making things worse. B|]

Upgrades would be good, it looks like I am really going to need them.

[an_ant_man]

I... okay. *and looks down and away* Thanks.

And...

I'll get started today.

[wasp_stings]

I appreciate it, Hank.

[And she does, but she'll just be over here sulking in any case.]