To be fair there really was no gentle way to announce something like that, so blunt was definitely the way to go. It didn't keep Will's brain from skipping off certain key words:
Space
AI
Threat hunting life in the multiverse
I don't know.
From Bucky that last one was telling and it caused Will to shift a little closer. He may be an independent pain in the ass, but if Bucky was there to offer comfort, Will was going to avail himself of it.
He opened his mouth, then shut it with a noisy clack of his teeth. ]
Ripley. Her name is Ripley. [ The snatches of phrases, that had made no sense to him at the time, began to flood back in to his conscious awareness. ]
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To be fair there really was no gentle way to announce something like that, so blunt was definitely the way to go. It didn't keep Will's brain from skipping off certain key words:
Space
AI
Threat hunting life in the multiverse
I don't know.
From Bucky that last one was telling and it caused Will to shift a little closer. He may be an independent pain in the ass, but if Bucky was there to offer comfort, Will was going to avail himself of it.
He opened his mouth, then shut it with a noisy clack of his teeth. ]
Ripley. Her name is Ripley. [ The snatches of phrases, that had made no sense to him at the time, began to flood back in to his conscious awareness. ]
That's all ... it's all real?