"Then that's too bad. We don't get to pick our family." Someday she'll tell him about her father, the years she and Pietro spent running with his criminal Brotherhood, how they left, and how she still hasn't been able to cut him out of her life completely.
"I can't force you to spend time with me or like me. But I'm not going to just go away and leave you alone. I can help you, Tommy. You don't have to squat in an abandoned warehouse, for one thing. And I can get you and your friends enough food." She wants to lecture him about not eating so much junk food because she can see that pile of wrappers, but that's another one for later.
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"I can't force you to spend time with me or like me. But I'm not going to just go away and leave you alone. I can help you, Tommy. You don't have to squat in an abandoned warehouse, for one thing. And I can get you and your friends enough food." She wants to lecture him about not eating so much junk food because she can see that pile of wrappers, but that's another one for later.