Afterimage [Closed to Scott Lang]

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{OOC: Set right after this conversation.}

Jonas arrived in the Media Library first, from the looks of things. He had learned that Stacy did not particularly appreciate him doing too much scanning; and if Scott Lang had decided, for some reason, to shrink down and hide when he had been the one who wanted to talk...

Jonas shook his head to dismiss that particular train of thought. It was both stupid and unproductive. He moved to the nearest stall, again ignoring the broken one, and leaned against the wall next to it to wait.

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Yes, very interesting friends. Like, oh, a teenage Kang the Conqueror. And the children of a mysterious cabal of west coast super-villains.

"[She was,]" Jonas agreed. "[You are aware that she was pilfering Pym Particles from you, correct?]"

[sum1yourownsize.livejournal.com]

Scott gripped his knees at the shock. "No." His voice was cold. "No, I was not aware of that."

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"[She did not believe that you had been,]" Jonas said with a nod. "[She never said precisely how long she had been doing so, but I assume it was a significant amount of time. I met her for the first time the same day that she finally managed to activate their shrinking and growing capabilities. She wanted to be an Avenger, like you.]"

Now, how precisely was he supposed to tell this man that he had died before his daughter's fifteenth birthday?

[sum1yourownsize.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't mean that it was right..." Scott reached up to massage his temples with the pads of his fingers. "...there's no point in being mad at her. Not now."

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

No, there really was not any point in being angry at her now.

"[She went up against some very impressive foes,]" he said. "[You would have been proud of her.]" And terrified for her, of course.

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Scott look up, hand to his face. "I would have been--I am proud of her. I may not agree with what she did...but I am proud."

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Jonas shifted his weight uncomfortably, glancing away from Mr. Lang's face.

"[She would have been happy to know that,]" he said softly.

[sum1yourownsize.livejournal.com]

Scott sighed. "Did she make a lot of friends? She was always good at making friends. She could walk into a room and befriend anyone."

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"[She was well-liked by our teammates,]" Jonas answered. "[She was the youngest of all of us, and everyone thought of her as a younger sister.]" Except him, obviously.

[sum1yourownsize.livejournal.com]

"I suppose that you didn't?" Scott fixed Jonas with an arched brow look.

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

Jonas matched Mr. Lang's raised eyebrow with one of his own.

"[I rather think that my more-romantic love for her would have made viewing her as a sister "squicky",]" he replied dryly.