[ ward hears the unspoken words: you betrayed us. tries not to let it hurt. ]
Garrett raised me. Taught me. I would have followed him into fire.
[ not without questions, of course, garrett had taught him that, too. and not at the end, not after garrett died and lost his mind, became some other kind of monster. ]
[ he knows skye and the rest of them think that kind of blind obedience to evil is despicable, but the truth is he'd been feigning that exact sort of blind obedience to shield and they'd never reacted like this. it's hydra that changes things, and ward was never a true believer. he doesn't care for hydra anymore. ]
I won't apologize for that. But I'm sorry for what it cost you. You and Simmons... I wanted to keep you out of it.
[ he doesn't know how many times he has to say it, that he thought he was saving their lives. he's explained in multiple interviews that the cube was supposed to float once ejected over an ocean, that if he'd released them garrett would have simply had them both shot. but he watches fitz struggle with his words, his own mind, his one great weapon and tool, and he knows his intentions don't really mean much in the face of what fitz lost. ]
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Garrett raised me. Taught me. I would have followed him into fire.
[ not without questions, of course, garrett had taught him that, too. and not at the end, not after garrett died and lost his mind, became some other kind of monster. ]
[ he knows skye and the rest of them think that kind of blind obedience to evil is despicable, but the truth is he'd been feigning that exact sort of blind obedience to shield and they'd never reacted like this. it's hydra that changes things, and ward was never a true believer. he doesn't care for hydra anymore. ]
I won't apologize for that. But I'm sorry for what it cost you. You and Simmons... I wanted to keep you out of it.
[ he doesn't know how many times he has to say it, that he thought he was saving their lives. he's explained in multiple interviews that the cube was supposed to float once ejected over an ocean, that if he'd released them garrett would have simply had them both shot. but he watches fitz struggle with his words, his own mind, his one great weapon and tool, and he knows his intentions don't really mean much in the face of what fitz lost. ]