[Being right doesn't make you not wrong? Sure, he gets the sentiment in concept, but in this situation he's definitely not wrong.
Probably.
... Yeah no he's definitely not wrong. Sorry not sorry.
Quentin rolls his eyes.]
Please, you know this doesn't even count as "antagonizing" by my standards. Besides, I'm helping him. You heard how he changed his tune when I offered something he wanted. That's how this shit works. We help them, they need us, they don't build sentinels. It's the whole X-Men shtick.
(Meaning: not everyone can handle QQ light. He is a lot, even on a good day. She can handle it, random dude he is talking to? X for doubt.)
You mean when you shook him to tell you something you wanted to hear first, and when it disappointed you, you kept shaking him until some change fell out of his pocket? Fine, help the flatscan, I get what you're doing, that part is fine. I'm just saying you look as bad as me right now, even if you're helping.
Yeah, I'm helping. Instead of just going "all your brain are belong to me" until he got freaked out enough to throw some annoying shit at you in self-defense.
[Why is he not surprised she doesn't get this? Sigh.]
You scared him, Sophie. You cornered a dog, and he bit you.
[Quentin shrugs.]
I'm an asshole, but I'm not an asshole that's scaring him.
(His saving grace for hearing all about how she did nothing much is... Kamala Khan. As it usually is. She did gently tell Sophie off before over the same shit, because Sophie just can't understand how to be normal, and if Kamala and Quentin are saying the same shit, it means... Ugh, he's right.
Fucking hell.)
Fine, heard and understood.
(Apologize? No. Maybe. Needed? Not sure. Apologize??? She's bad at it. Maybe it's implicit enough that she doesn't have to do it herself.
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Probably.
... Yeah no he's definitely not wrong. Sorry not sorry.
Quentin rolls his eyes.]
Please, you know this doesn't even count as "antagonizing" by my standards. Besides, I'm helping him. You heard how he changed his tune when I offered something he wanted. That's how this shit works. We help them, they need us, they don't build sentinels. It's the whole X-Men shtick.
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(Meaning: not everyone can handle QQ light. He is a lot, even on a good day. She can handle it, random dude he is talking to? X for doubt.)
You mean when you shook him to tell you something you wanted to hear first, and when it disappointed you, you kept shaking him until some change fell out of his pocket? Fine, help the flatscan, I get what you're doing, that part is fine. I'm just saying you look as bad as me right now, even if you're helping.
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[Why is he not surprised she doesn't get this? Sigh.]
You scared him, Sophie. You cornered a dog, and he bit you.
[Quentin shrugs.]
I'm an asshole, but I'm not an asshole that's scaring him.
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Fucking hell.)
Fine, heard and understood.
(Apologize? No. Maybe. Needed? Not sure. Apologize??? She's bad at it. Maybe it's implicit enough that she doesn't have to do it herself.
There's a lump on her throat. Goddamnit.)
... My bad.
(Nailed it.)