[ Angela hears no protest from Venom, who listens silently as she explains the imminent proceedings. She acts with a haste that fascinates him, her clear cognizance of the institutional structures that she must navigate. It's something Venom both pities and admires, seeing her have to live by such constraints when he so clearly doesn't. Because it's true... he really could have just left if he wanted to, and no one short of the Juggernaut could really stop him. He's spent so much time getting blasted with lasers and sonics that the symbiote matter has practically been inoculated to its natural weaknesses-- like an immunotherapy of some sort, as one would receive for allergies.
Overwatch is lucky that Venom has learned how much worse Talon is. Means they're living on borrowed time. Vishkar. The Gwishin. The Shimada Clan. The Deadlock Gang. Talon's joined a long list of targets with blood on their hands. Blood that Venom will force them all to answer for.
But first things first. The matter of their escape. The matter of what comes next.
Venom follows Angela to the unmarked truck, assumes immediately he's not necessarily invited to shotgun. But watch him take it anyway, reverting until it's solely Eddie Brock who sits beside her. The world doesn't know exactly who he is beneath the visage of Venom, so it's Angela's call how cautious she wants to be. Whether or not to banish him to the truck's interior, as an extra precaution. ]
Just one.
[ It might be jarring to Mercy, seeing the man beneath the symbiote. The humanity in his eyes that was missing before, as his gaze is entirely locked onto hers. There's a sincerity in him, a weariness from all that he's seen, that differs from the zeal whenever the mask is on. Like he's no longer driven by hunger, but drained by it. ]
Only a matter of time before Overwatch notices. Will they hunt me down?
[ He shakes his head. ]
Make that two questions.
Will they hunt you down?
Because I can say that I escaped. That I kidnapped you.
We're-- we're bonded, but you don't have to go down with us. Unlike us... you have a way out.
[ This is the price of the freedom that Venom relishes, the freedom that he pities Angela for lacking: until now, it's only ever been Eddie and the symbiote against the world. For all the lives they've saved and will continue trying to save, they're scorned for their monstrousness. Assailed by hero and villain alike for a disposition so easy to distrust. So easy to dismiss as evil.
He was practically an enemy of the state before this. Recent events only reinforce this position. So the human side of Venom, Eddie Brock, wants to leave no stone unturned, here. Wants Angela on the same page, given their bond. A possible way out that he can never give himself.
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Overwatch is lucky that Venom has learned how much worse Talon is. Means they're living on borrowed time. Vishkar. The Gwishin. The Shimada Clan. The Deadlock Gang. Talon's joined a long list of targets with blood on their hands. Blood that Venom will force them all to answer for.
But first things first. The matter of their escape. The matter of what comes next.
Venom follows Angela to the unmarked truck, assumes immediately he's not necessarily invited to shotgun. But watch him take it anyway, reverting until it's solely Eddie Brock who sits beside her. The world doesn't know exactly who he is beneath the visage of Venom, so it's Angela's call how cautious she wants to be. Whether or not to banish him to the truck's interior, as an extra precaution. ]
Just one.
[ It might be jarring to Mercy, seeing the man beneath the symbiote. The humanity in his eyes that was missing before, as his gaze is entirely locked onto hers. There's a sincerity in him, a weariness from all that he's seen, that differs from the zeal whenever the mask is on. Like he's no longer driven by hunger, but drained by it. ]
Only a matter of time before Overwatch notices. Will they hunt me down?
[ He shakes his head. ]
Make that two questions.
Will they hunt you down?
Because I can say that I escaped. That I kidnapped you.
We're-- we're bonded, but you don't have to go down with us. Unlike us... you have a way out.
[ This is the price of the freedom that Venom relishes, the freedom that he pities Angela for lacking: until now, it's only ever been Eddie and the symbiote against the world. For all the lives they've saved and will continue trying to save, they're scorned for their monstrousness. Assailed by hero and villain alike for a disposition so easy to distrust. So easy to dismiss as evil.
He was practically an enemy of the state before this. Recent events only reinforce this position. So the human side of Venom, Eddie Brock, wants to leave no stone unturned, here. Wants Angela on the same page, given their bond. A possible way out that he can never give himself.
Not if it means giving up his other. ]