[ Conversations about important things, how does that work? Certainly not like this, because she's watching him and he's watching nothing and listening to everything, he's just not answering and she's already apologized once. She's not doing that again. Mostly because she's not sure she can, really, when if the same situation presented itself again her reaction would probably mostly be exactly the same, if she'd try to avoid the part where she got mad at him immediately afterwards.
She doesn't particularly feel like talking to anyone right now except maybe Tony, if she thinks she can do that without fucking things up further. She really, really doesn't want to fuck things up further. But an empath is understandable, she just refuses to let anyone see any part of her mind but Tony. Nobody else gets that sort of insight to her, and the moment she can feel the Guide coming in she effectively shuts down, shields like a vise cutting her off completely. She can tell the Guide knows what she's doing, doesn't approve, but she's letting him investigate her injuries. Or at least staying rigidly and absolutely still as he checks, but that counts, right. That's enough.
Finally he leaves, and Max breathes out for what feels like the first time in a while. She's been watching Tony the whole time, and her gaze stays fixed on him because she needs to know that he's here and relatively okay. That's important. That's really the only important thing, now. There's silence for a long moment, and then she stands up and picks up a glass, fills it with water and offers it to him, not saying anything. She's not really sure there's anything to say. ]
so fucking ridiculous i can't even and yes it totally is
She doesn't particularly feel like talking to anyone right now except maybe Tony, if she thinks she can do that without fucking things up further. She really, really doesn't want to fuck things up further. But an empath is understandable, she just refuses to let anyone see any part of her mind but Tony. Nobody else gets that sort of insight to her, and the moment she can feel the Guide coming in she effectively shuts down, shields like a vise cutting her off completely. She can tell the Guide knows what she's doing, doesn't approve, but she's letting him investigate her injuries. Or at least staying rigidly and absolutely still as he checks, but that counts, right. That's enough.
Finally he leaves, and Max breathes out for what feels like the first time in a while. She's been watching Tony the whole time, and her gaze stays fixed on him because she needs to know that he's here and relatively okay. That's important. That's really the only important thing, now. There's silence for a long moment, and then she stands up and picks up a glass, fills it with water and offers it to him, not saying anything. She's not really sure there's anything to say. ]