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WHAT in person
WHERE the... cemetery?
WHEN day ""136""

[somewhere in cam... cour... uh, qm, there appears to be a new plot of land—some overgrown with weeds and other weed-adjacent plants, and some with towering oak trees and the like, and some with just perfect patches of freshly mowed and manicured grass...

also

there are tombstones every scattered all over this area, with the name of your father or father-figure on them, regardless of whether or not they are here or dead or here-dead.

yeeeeesh.]

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[it's true. t'challa will not take that right away from peter, qm is mean and should be called out on it.]

... Yes. And our uncle.

[ Peter blinks at that; he hadn't gotten that piece of the story since Shuri hadn't told him. ]

Your uncle?

...

[nodding slowly. he thinks about what Strange told him about sharing too much information with soft cinnamon-roll peter.]

It is not a happy story. Would you still like to know?

[ excuse u both. double rude!! ]

... Yeah. If you want to tell.

[don't be so easily traumatized then!!]

Our uncle was stationed in America on a spy mission. It was not long before he saw the full extent of the inequality present. He could not stand to see so much suffering continue if Wakanda could have easily relieve it, and prevent it from happening further. He did not think my father would share his views.

[he has to pause, taking a deep breath and tensing his hands into fists before relaxing again. he's told this story so many times already, so much lately, but it never gets better.]

[ he listens calmly enough at first, at least. But it's clear there's more to this. ]

So - what happened? Did your father say no?

Asking Wakanda to step in has never been our way. Not until now. But my uncle did not ask; he simply acted. My father ruled this as treason.

... there was a confrontation. [looking away instead of anywhere near Peter or the graves] My uncle was killed by his own brother, whether my father intended that or not. Furthermore, he choose to leave his young nephew behind, to hide what what had happened.

[ Oh. That - it's the second part that makes Peter flinch visibly. Being an orphan himself, he knows damn well how painful suddenly being without a parent - or both - can be. ]

Did he have any other family? The nephew, I mean.

[shaking his head.]

As far as I was able to determine, his mother passed away while incarcerated.

[ Peter's silent for a moment, struggling with his own feelings. ]

And your dad just left him there. Like that.

Yes.

[without a beat] I do not think I will ever forgive him for it.

[ Good. Peter relaxes just a little, hearing that. ]

It's - it's pretty bad. Yeah. It's not the kid did anything wrong. And losing both your parents is bad enough to start with.

That is why I do not begrudge N'Jadaka for feeling the way he does.

[ Well that just filled in some empty pieces of that puzzle. Peter opens his mouth to say something - then closes it again. ]

That's why you let him kill you like a billion times?

It was really just the once.

While I do not approve of his methods, I understand why he might think they're necessary.

[ Peter just looks. Uncertain. Tangled up in his own thoughts. ]

I guess if I'd been abandoned like that then I might end up the same way.

He was not given a lot of choice in the matter, no.

[ he turns back towards the gravestones, quiet for a moment. ]

I lost my parents, but - it was all in an attack, not something personal like that. The invasion. And I had my aunt and uncle to take care of me afterwards.

[glancing at Uncle Ben's tombstone, then back up at Peter.]

Even if it is not personal... I cannot imagine it was easy.

No. It was really, really hard. I'm lucky I had my aunt and uncle there.

[ And now just his aunt, clearly. ]

[placing his hand on Peter's shoulder again, a friendly touch.]

I'm happy to hear that you had support.

[ He nods a little at that. ]

He didn't. And your dad knew that.

...

I've been trying to let him know that he has mine, even if it does not make up for the past. Whether or not he finds a use for it.

Does he believe you?

I'm not sure. But either way, I think he feels he has no need for it.

Edited 2018-06-26 21:28 (UTC)

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