[ andy doesn't remember her childhood outside of flashes, feelings, and in some ways she feels like she's always been an adult. she's been one exponentially longer than she ever was a child. ]

[ it's not quite the same as having your childhood stolen. ]

[ her hand drops, and she takes natasha's hand with it, giving it a squeeze. ]

I'm sure you're great at compartmentalizing, but that doesn't mean you can't acknowledge how fucked up it was. [ it's different knowing it and seeing it play out, a smaller but no less vicious natasha who didn't necessarily have to be that way. ] I'm sorry you were put through all that.