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[She snickers in response. Matt does look like a better. Elektra is grateful her moment of insanity didn't cost him his life. She scoffs at the rest even if she does privately fear the fallout from this.]

Livid. It's really a coin toss over what he'll yell at me about first.

I could always get lost before he comes around. [ it sounds gallant and all but he really doesn't like fights!! at least not ones you don't use your fists in :) ]

[She sighs. Elektra wouldn't mind telling Matt to go fuck himself. She's also exhausted so she'd rather not waste energy listening to him.] It would make things simpler for me. I could have brought him myself, but then where would I find the time to get him quality medical care?

[Elektra forces a smile. The truth is she was also wanted to see someone unrelated to this mess because once again she's empty and lonely. She feels like broken when he's around bc they're pretty much the same in that regard.]

You can admit you missed me. I won't tell anyone. [ mostly because he doesn't have anyone to tell, but, details. ]

[She rolls her eyes. The act doesn't last long. Elektra is coming off months of enslavement and mind games. It's enough to make her be honest just this once.] You're the only one who doesn't treat me like a problem.

[ the honesty is appreciated, even if at first he doesn't fully get it. but then realization is setting in - they do have a fucked up sort of kinship don't they? ] Takes one to know one. [ a problem. how could he ever hold what happened against her when his life is the same? used by powermad assholes as a weapon. deceived as they were strung along, believing they were righteous. and okay yes they both psycho so that's a lot in common already!! ]

[For a second she's honestly touched. Connections are hard for her forge suffice to say. That he says even that means the world to her. Elektra is a psycho so she quickly smiles to both brush off what he says and also show that she somewhat respects it.] I'll buy us t-shirts when this blows over.

Who gets to be Problem 1? [ because he will totally do this don't bluff ok. he smiles over at her and knocks his elbow into hers. ] Next time you need something... call someone else.

You obviously. No pretty face to make up for all the trouble you cause. [Elektra wags her finger at him playfully. She's the master of committing to the cause so these shirts will be a real thing.]

And just for that I'm calling next time I need a sofa moved. [Like she doesn't have super strength now bc of vaguely defined dragon power ups???]

[ that gets such an eyeroll!!! ]

I can move a couch. Just no more bodies. [ he's just average guy regular pete dude okay he can totally do this. shut up. ]

Oh? Is this beneath you in your new life? [She needles. Elektra actually can't promise she won't drag him back in. When it's all said and done, she would do anything for Matt including stomp on Frank's toes.]

[ beneath him. like anything is really that. he's silent for a long time, more because he doesn't know the answer than anything. ]

I have to at least give it a shot. [ being a real person. he's never even tried before. he knows she hasn't either. ]

[She studies him carefully. He's making her think. It's really very annoying because she knows where this is going. Elektra is going to be in his shoes very, very soon. That's the problem with killing all your enemies. There's still an ending. Elektra doesn't know what to make of hers so much so she didn't even think of it until now.]

You're braver than I am. Even after the Natchios took me, I was still Stick's finest soldier. I have fought since I was old enough to walk. I was a weapon even before that. I don't know how to move a couch.

[In other words, Elektra doesn't know how to be a person. She never was one. Trying to make sense of that reality now that she buried all her enemies is difficult to say the least.]

[ he actually didn't mean to dredge shit up for her, believe it or not. sometimes he forgets he's not the most damaged person in the room all the time. he breathes out through his nose. he doesn't feel brave, that's for sure. ]

One leg at a time. [ frank castle is doing metaphors, kids. don't be alarmed. ]

That sounds practical. [She jokes, but it doesn't reach her eyes. Elektra leans towards him.] Should we make a pact then? To become a real boy and a girl? I hear that works for alcoholics.

[That's not even close to how it works, but she only knows the rich, delusional version of it so give her a pass on that one.]

[ he laughs, shaking his head. that does not ever work for alcoholics but one lesson at a time here. ]

If you're asking me to be your sponsor, the answer is hell no. [ but he holds out a hand. for pact purposes!!! you can't have a pact without shaking on it or something. ]

[She blinks at him. Should she admit she doesn't know what a sponsor is in this context??? Nah. Elektra does shake his hand and smiles.]

Friendly advice? This one is an awful example. [She gestures to Matt. The only example he gives her is so to set your life on fire a lot.]

No shit? [ he lets go of her hand if only to watch matt slumber on. he's still trying to reconcile all his memories of murdock and daredevil, together, the two already blurring beyond recognition. ]

How the fuck does a catholic become a vigilante anyway. [ it was a question he'd been dying to ask dd from the beginning. what a tool. ]

Stick. [Elektra explains. Really that's all anyone needs to know. She tries to elaborate since he missed the old man's little show.]

He's been recruiting children since he joined this war. He's an expert at twisting their little minds around to justify anything. He just didn't count on the fact Matthew would think for himself and decide to fight a different kind of war when he became a man.

[ it explains a lot. as much as it doesn't. there's always a recruiter, always a joiner. he knew he felt the bond of brotherhood with daredevil the moment he'd met him, just couldn't place why. ]

Meanwhile, you and I are just good little tin soldiers. [ wind them up and watch them go ]

[Elektra points to him and nods. He hit the nail on the head.] Precisely. It's why we're so maddening to him.

[ he nods his understanding, still looking at matt. ] And here I thought it was because we killed lots of people.

That just pisses him off. [She explains flippantly. Elektra does know him and how he ticks a little too well for an ex-girlfriend. Really that's not much of a surprise. They'll never really be over.]

[ he grunts. ] I remember. [ it was super annoying, can he highlight that enough??? ]

[She nods, her thoughts mirror his.] Annoying, isn't it?

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