“Yes, well… everything I do is in order to atone.”
Wanda would not rest until she had poured every fiber of her being to a cause that she very well had very well brought about. Even with Cyclops and the Phoenix Force, had she not been the one to drive the X-Men into a corner?
Yes, she had been a victim, too, of manipulations she had no control of— But of course, no one wanted to hear about that, no… It was easier to have her villainized. To be the root of evil.
Alex remained in silence for a couple of minutes, just staring at Wanda. He would never know how she felt because of House of M, and that wasn't helping at all. Anna-Marie disliked Wanda because of that time, but Alex didn't. All this tension among the Avengers members... most of them didn't trust Wanda, but Alex did.
"Wanda... don't you want to have a drink with me? Or dinner? On me."
