"Back home, mostly," Peter says, thinking of Mr. Stark and the things he said after the ferry incident. Apparently, there were a lot of people who didn't think he was capable because he was young. "But there's still some people here that think that I can't handle it."
People like Alec.
"I'm still better able handle it than most people." Maybe not some of the more experienced superheroes, yeah, but definitely better than people who didn't have special powers. "But you get that. None of those people on the planet would have been able to hold the stone but you. All of them could have died, but you risked your life to save them, even though you might have died, too. You did what needed to be done because you needed to."
Peter hopes he's not getting too weird. He looks down at his notebook, embarrassed:
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People like Alec.
"I'm still better able handle it than most people." Maybe not some of the more experienced superheroes, yeah, but definitely better than people who didn't have special powers. "But you get that. None of those people on the planet would have been able to hold the stone but you. All of them could have died, but you risked your life to save them, even though you might have died, too. You did what needed to be done because you needed to."
Peter hopes he's not getting too weird. He looks down at his notebook, embarrassed:
"I think that's really heroic."