[Billy can only smile very faintly for her; it's sympathetic and he gets it, he does, but the whole forgiveness thing for him works differently- before, it was because it wasn't his Manhattan or his version of Loki, and now... because he'd been forgiven for doing something both specific and terrible to Loki. Griping about how he should feel bad about Manhattan just wouldn't hold the same kind of sway, now.
Then again, he hasn't mentioned it for a long time.]
I don't know. Maybe something's changed. Maybe he'd apologize for you. He's missed you a lot, you know.
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[Billy can only smile very faintly for her; it's sympathetic and he gets it, he does, but the whole forgiveness thing for him works differently- before, it was because it wasn't his Manhattan or his version of Loki, and now... because he'd been forgiven for doing something both specific and terrible to Loki. Griping about how he should feel bad about Manhattan just wouldn't hold the same kind of sway, now.
Then again, he hasn't mentioned it for a long time.]
I don't know. Maybe something's changed. Maybe he'd apologize for you. He's missed you a lot, you know.
[We all have.]