"Because it's who I am," she says at first, like it's that simple. But some of the things she said to Bruce? They were real. She won't be the monster they made her. Not if she can help it. "Or who I think I am."

Her gaze is wide and scared as she regards him from their short distance apart. It comes easily to her, this kind of manipulation. It's why not even Steve saw through it. But he also hadn't approached her about it, she's wondering about that now. She knows he spoke to Banner...

"Is that really the person you want to be your second?" That came out harsher than she'd wanted it to, but she is terrified. The fact remains that she probably shouldn't be in charge of other people. Especially people as volatile as Wanda Maximoff had proven to be.