The word is small and sad, barely more than a sound that's startled past Pepper's control. She's heard some of what Malicant did, but understandably it's not something anyone likes to talk about. After the vision of the baby turtles, she's been less curious about it than she might otherwise be.
Malicant shouldn't be allowed to keep hurting the people she loves long after the damned creature is gone. Pepper won't let it. She won't.
"You didn't kill your mother, Gene. Malicant forced you to fight something that looked like her because he knew it would hurt more than anything else in the world," she tells him. He must know, but it bears repeating. "That's called torture, and it's not your fault," Pepper says firmly.
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The word is small and sad, barely more than a sound that's startled past Pepper's control. She's heard some of what Malicant did, but understandably it's not something anyone likes to talk about. After the vision of the baby turtles, she's been less curious about it than she might otherwise be.
Malicant shouldn't be allowed to keep hurting the people she loves long after the damned creature is gone. Pepper won't let it. She won't.
"You didn't kill your mother, Gene. Malicant forced you to fight something that looked like her because he knew it would hurt more than anything else in the world," she tells him. He must know, but it bears repeating. "That's called torture, and it's not your fault," Pepper says firmly.