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he's a murderer

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You're going to have to give me context.

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he doesn't do what we do
he kills people
uses lethal force

THIS ONE COMES ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER

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I use lethal force.

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all the time?
in and out of war?

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I haven't had the opportunity to find out.

Why does he do it?

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i'm not a mind-reader

guess he thinks he's cop, judge, and executioner all in one

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You've had run-ins with him?

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the avengers have

RING RING RING RING RING RING RING BANANAPHONE

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[Okay this texting business is not cutting it.]

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What?

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What do you know about him that makes you think he's irredeemable?

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That's not what I said.

_{( redemption being such a particular subject, for him. )}

He doesn't work like we do. He's not on our side, more often than not. Forgive me if I don't have a lot of sympathy for the guy who mows people down in the streets.

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[Thoughtful silence.] Has he been asked? To... join our side. And is that an exaggeration or does he really kill whoever gets within range?

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After all the shit I went through for the Thunderbolts, I'm not about to ask if the Punisher wants to be an Avenger. And last time I checked, other-you wasn't too wild on the idea, either.

He's probably got some kinda system. He's not a maniac. But that doesn't make it alright.

picking an icon at random from my phone HERE GOES

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Who are the Thunderbolts?

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A group of former-villains who wanted to do right by the world. I thought I could help get them there. So I quit the Avengers for awhile, and joined them.

...I was wrong. _{( Not about their potential, because Luke was still working with them. Mel, at least, turned out right. But Clint doesn't think what he did for them was at all significant. )}

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About joining them?

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About what I could do for them.

I just wanted-- _{( "--to do for them what you'd done for me." )}

Whatever, that's not the point.

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[Steve pauses, his voice gentling unintentionally:] Would you say it's a waste of my time to reach out to him?

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_{( The barest hint of a sigh. )}

Do what you want to, Rogers. I'm not gonna tell you what will and won't work, 'cause to be honest I don't know.

I don't like the guy. You asked my opinion.

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[Somehow, there's friendly amusement carried in his silence.]

Then if I don't come back from my nighttime walk, you know where to start looking, I guess.

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If you die, I'm letting Val turn your shield into a sled come winter.

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[SPEAKING OF VAL] Do you have any idea what she's been eating?

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...food?