Re: Marvel: Max & Ella
[Max waved off that curve of brow.] No. Not anymore. I'm going for peaceful coexistence with Brandon, and McKendrick lost interest as soon as he realized who I was beneath the combat fatigues. He was into the idea of some badass military woman, and that only goes skin deep. We're friends now. [She was calm about it, and it wasn't a front. All those years in Dhaka, they'd made her calm about a lot of the things that ate her apart. It was hell, but there wasn't much more to do there than come to terms with her demons.
She smiled at the image of Gus and Elizabeth with dogs - Finch, she gathered, and she still remembered when that dog first showed up at the penthouse she and Brandon shared. Luke hid the thing for days, and Brandon pretended there wasn't a dog at all. It was one of the few memories she had of good times back then.]
You're not back home. [She didn't know why Ella's dreams mattered to her. Maybe because she'd never had any of her own.] Open mic nights. I can watch Elizabeth whenever you need to. No more missions in the future for me.