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[whatam_i]

What demands an answer, but asks no question?
....
A telephone.
And I'm not here to answer mine so please leave a message at the sound of the beep.

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[hawk_shot]

You're gonna be our guy in the chair then?
That's good. Great, really.
If you could check for my mom, tell me her location as quick as possible. So I can take her somewhere safe.
And the widow, she's a blonde girl. if I see her and tell you who she is, it would be cool to have extra eyes on her too.

[Everything got so real. The mafia. The threats. The betrayal. And then, whatever is going on between them, that also feels very real and very fast too.]

I'm not sure how I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight, lol.

[whatam_i]

Your what?
Yes, I can do that. Can you get me a picture of the Widow? 'A blonde girl' isn't very specific.

Are you scared?

[hawk_shot]

The guy in a chair. You know, in movies you have a superhero or a spy or something and they always have someone on a computer assisting them.
Oh, yeah, I can just google a photo of a Black Widow, a professional assassin.
If I see her, I'll tell you who she is.

Nervous and pissed off mostly.

[whatam_i]

Oh.
Good, thank you.

Pissed off? At who?

[hawk_shot]

I should be the one thanking you.

Mom.
i can't believe she was so stupid.
This guy got killed because of her and she sent her freaking fiancé to jail because of it.
And now Clint? He could be murdered because of me.

[whatam_i]

Me? Why?

Oh.
Right.
Yes I can imagine you're feeling very upset at her for lying about it.

[hawk_shot]

For helping us, obviously.

I'm never going to forgive her.

[whatam_i]

Oh.
Well I want you to be safe.

[He doesn't care about any of the other people involved.]

I can understand how you'd feel that way but one day you might.

[hawk_shot]

Thank you for looking after me then.

No. How could I forgive her?
She's doing all of this why? Because of money.
She's murdering and sending innocent people to prison. And what if more people I don't even know about got killed?
I'm never forgiving her. Ever.

[whatam_i]

You're welcome.

[It makes sense to him but that's probably not what Kate wants to hear right now.]

Are you going to confront her?

[hawk_shot]

[She's silent for a moment, re-reading his words as she considers things.]

Yes.
I don't want any more lies between us.
Does she think I'm stupid? That I'm a kid?
What the hell is she thinking? It's like I can't even think of her as my mom right now.

[whatam_i]

She was probably thinking she needed or wanted money and power.
That's usually why people get involved with people like Fisk.

[hawk_shot]

She already has money and power.
Why would she need it from him?
Is it worth it killing people for it??

[She sends the texts before she even thinks of who she's talking to. It's so easy to talk to him and forget that he's more than just the man she likes so much.]

[whatam_i]

For some people it is.

[People like Oswald or Barbara, they crave and almost demand it. But not Ed, while he is proud of his heists the money is never the point, just a bonus. He does it for the challenge, the game.
The riddles.]

Maybe she needed more? Was her business secretly failing?

[hawk_shot]

How would I know?
She never mentioned anything going wrong.
I went over to Gotham because we had new investors. Things couldn't be so bad.
We still did charity, we have the ball tonight.

It's like nothing makes sense anymore, Ed.
Have you ever felt that?

[whatam_i]

Yes, quite a few times actually.

[hawk_shot]

[She hesitates before asking:]

How did you deal with it?

[whatam_i]

Uh I yelled to and at myself a lot.
Threw papers and books around.
Locked myself to a couch.
Took drugs.

[hawk_shot]

[Okay, that's... Not what she expected to read. But then... He does have some issues and went through some terrible things.]

Are you feeling better?
Did those feelings go away?

[whatam_i]

For the most part, yes.
That being said I understand how frustrating they can be.

[hawk_shot]

Yeah, I kinda don't know what to do with myself.
Definitely can't sleep.
I can't really destroy papers or furniture because Clint and I are at a friend's place.
That's another NO for drugs.

I just wanted to talk to you.

[whatam_i]

I can stay up talking with you if you want.
I wasn't asleep when you texted.

[hawk_shot]

Oh, good. I was feeling a little guilty thinking I could wake you up.

But I miss you.

[whatam_i]

Not at all, I was working on some things.

You do?

[hawk_shot]

What are you working on?

Yeah.
Is that so hard to believe?