Yelena sees a tiny chance for another brief bit of levity there, and grabs at it with both hands, although doubtless the desperation evident in doing so is going to lessen the effect. "Only your own government? You were slacking. I do not even know how many would like to lock me up, at this point." She will take what she can get, for lightening up another forced, to some degree, conversation.
Even if it lasts all of thirty seconds. "No, it is a very rare thing," Yelena agrees. "Generally we do not even make it to the age I am now. Well, the age I think I am now. But she is a scientist, by nature, and that kept her useful. She was a very large contributor, to creating the mind control. That bought her a good deal of privileges." If she says this matter of factly enough, will it actually make her unbothered? It has not worked yet, but she keeps trying.
Break is over, it seems. This prompts another scene change, that damned "meal," the sheer ridiculousness of food out on the table as if it were some normal gathering, opening vry pointedly it seems with the damned pig slumped over on the floor and Natasha's "that's enough." Yelena watches it for a second and then, also very pointedly, turns fully to sit facing away. She does not need to watch the replay of her own boiling over and loss of control. She is going to pretend it is not happening while she can, and reply to what Ava said, instead.
"Yes, I find that idea very stupid as well. How could it not be a good thing, that he could no longer do all that harm? This is one of the main issues I have with those hero types - either they would make the same decision and claim it is somehow more moral because it is not personal for them, or they would try some other means and ultimately let him keep doing harm. Prison would not have reformed or controlled him, not a man as manipulative as that. There was only one actual solution."
Soapbox aside... "Personally, I would have liked to kill him more up close, you know? And less quickly. But he was very slippery and very paranoid and had a million contingencies, and he had managed to survive being blown up before, so speed was necessary."
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Even if it lasts all of thirty seconds. "No, it is a very rare thing," Yelena agrees. "Generally we do not even make it to the age I am now. Well, the age I think I am now. But she is a scientist, by nature, and that kept her useful. She was a very large contributor, to creating the mind control. That bought her a good deal of privileges." If she says this matter of factly enough, will it actually make her unbothered? It has not worked yet, but she keeps trying.
Break is over, it seems. This prompts another scene change, that damned "meal," the sheer ridiculousness of food out on the table as if it were some normal gathering, opening vry pointedly it seems with the damned pig slumped over on the floor and Natasha's "that's enough." Yelena watches it for a second and then, also very pointedly, turns fully to sit facing away. She does not need to watch the replay of her own boiling over and loss of control. She is going to pretend it is not happening while she can, and reply to what Ava said, instead.
"Yes, I find that idea very stupid as well. How could it not be a good thing, that he could no longer do all that harm? This is one of the main issues I have with those hero types - either they would make the same decision and claim it is somehow more moral because it is not personal for them, or they would try some other means and ultimately let him keep doing harm. Prison would not have reformed or controlled him, not a man as manipulative as that. There was only one actual solution."
Soapbox aside... "Personally, I would have liked to kill him more up close, you know? And less quickly. But he was very slippery and very paranoid and had a million contingencies, and he had managed to survive being blown up before, so speed was necessary."