"I - just do," he says, which is mostly because it's true. Maybe it's just his first instinct, to take people at their word.
Or maybe - "They never threatened me. Or anyone else. Not the way ADI did." Sure, they indicated the relationship was mutually beneficial, but that's understandable. Even Rogers knows and can accept that most people won't do things just because they ought to be done. But not every motive has to be negative, either.
And if they are some kind of fae - then taking his name is just what they do. It probably wasn't even malicious; in fact, it feels a lot more honest than a lot of what he's learned about the way, say, the entities and their avatars do things. "They were just being what they are," he says out loud. "That's all you can ask of anybody, isn't it?"
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Or maybe - "They never threatened me. Or anyone else. Not the way ADI did." Sure, they indicated the relationship was mutually beneficial, but that's understandable. Even Rogers knows and can accept that most people won't do things just because they ought to be done. But not every motive has to be negative, either.
And if they are some kind of fae - then taking his name is just what they do. It probably wasn't even malicious; in fact, it feels a lot more honest than a lot of what he's learned about the way, say, the entities and their avatars do things. "They were just being what they are," he says out loud. "That's all you can ask of anybody, isn't it?"