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That's way too heavy a burden.

Plenty of bad things in my life have been my fault. Doesn't seem like it'd make sense, making up more if I was feeling insecure.

By that logic, what do you blame yourself for?

My grandma used to say "Don't ask for a lighter burden, ask for broader shoulders."

My brother. I should have helped him more. I mean, I hate him and what he did, but he's family, and there must have been something I could have done to keep him from being the neo-nazi scumbag he turned out to be. It's way easier blaming myself for that than believing that he was fated or destined or whatever to turn out how he did.

And for not being there when Cap died. Which is really dumb. It's not like I had a choice about when I got to his world. It's not my fault that I got there too late to do anything. But it's easier than thinking that, no, even if I had been there, I couldn't have done anything.

Those are the big things, really. It's a coping mechanism.

Changing people is harder than it looks. People won't change if they like what they're doing. Sometimes all you can do is to scare them hard enough, make them never do it again.

I hear a lot of hero types blamed themselves for Captain America's death. Me, I blamed Stark at the time. So did a lot of people, I imagine. But sometimes, terrible things like that happen.

Even if they were your fault. When are you going to forgive yourself?

God, I hadn't even thought about that.

Thought about what?

Forgiving myself.

[This is MK, feeling awkward in the presence of emotional turmoil.]

...It's hard.

Pretty sure that anything worth doing is.

I'll think about it.

You must have had a good mentor.

The best.

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