Gene looks down, thinking. He wants this, he'd said as much to Tony, but he's also afraid, so afraid, of losing himself and Tony too.
"I need to think about it," he says heavily after a long minute. "I need to make sure that I'd be...using it for the right reasons. Not just to feel that power again." Because if he goes in wanting that power, even a little, he's terrified that the ring might coax out his darker side.
Deep down, he's afraid that he hasn't really changed - that he's the same monster he'd always been.
"Give me a little while," he says, "and then I'll let you know. If I'll ever be able to use it for the right reasons...this is the best reason there is. If I can't control myself for this, for you, then...then we'll both know what I really am."
look at these sobbing morons.
"I need to think about it," he says heavily after a long minute. "I need to make sure that I'd be...using it for the right reasons. Not just to feel that power again." Because if he goes in wanting that power, even a little, he's terrified that the ring might coax out his darker side.
Deep down, he's afraid that he hasn't really changed - that he's the same monster he'd always been.
"Give me a little while," he says, "and then I'll let you know. If I'll ever be able to use it for the right reasons...this is the best reason there is. If I can't control myself for this, for you, then...then we'll both know what I really am."