"Fair enough, and still better than most men I've ever met." Natasha smirks and tucks the manuals back into the box rather than tossing them away with the rest of the packaging. He's free to read those on a quiet rainy night or somesuch at his leisure.
The question he poses next makes Natasha pause. She gives him a long, scrutinizing look, before shaking her head.
"There would be no point in admiring your guts for something you've never done. This You may never do the things people have heard in stories. You should only be judged by what you choose to do in the here and now, not what some version of you may or may not have done."
It's something she's given a lot of thought since meeting an alternate version of her most trusted friend and learning how different he is. She can't assume Han will ever make his fateful trip across the galaxy, helping drive back the Empire. Not if he's here.
Even if he wasn't. Alternate realities are a bitch.
"I admire your guts for not being afraid of me." She clarifies slowly, her eyes narrowed in kind.
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Date: 2016-04-11 04:53 pm (UTC)The question he poses next makes Natasha pause. She gives him a long, scrutinizing look, before shaking her head.
"There would be no point in admiring your guts for something you've never done. This You may never do the things people have heard in stories. You should only be judged by what you choose to do in the here and now, not what some version of you may or may not have done."
It's something she's given a lot of thought since meeting an alternate version of her most trusted friend and learning how different he is. She can't assume Han will ever make his fateful trip across the galaxy, helping drive back the Empire. Not if he's here.
Even if he wasn't. Alternate realities are a bitch.
"I admire your guts for not being afraid of me." She clarifies slowly, her eyes narrowed in kind.