It’s hard to see the people close to you lose faith, especially right after hearing Lydia talk about how afraid she’s been all her life, and how she’s sick of it. He’d hoped that TrueAlpha would have let her see more support — surely her customers have shown her some kind of appreciation. She’s given them something small, but in a place like this, small things matter in a way that can’t be expressed. But Steve doesn’t ask. She’s already says she doesn’t think so and if it’s really the case that she hasn’t seen a good reaction, there’s no point in him asking her to say so explicitly.
When Lydia mentions she’s working on something too, Steve can only guess that it’s because she has Cisco and Tony making some kind of weapon (or maybe weapons) — Cisco had all but hinted that he was creating something aggressive over the network, and Tony had mentioned making a repulser gun the day Steve woke up in the hospital.
But right now, every word she says points to one thing: that Lydia doesn’t feel safe. Not in the sense that on a given day, no one feels safe in Alpha. No, it goes much deeper than that. Steve realizes then, that she actively feels like she’s going to be attacked at any moment, and because of it, she’s-
“Lydia, you’ve mentioned that Matt is training you. He’s teaching you how to fight. How’s that going?”
Because above all else, Steve’s first instinct is to identify the problem, and see if he can do anything to help her. He doesn’t know Matt’s fighting style, at least not beyond what he can barely remember from what he’d read about Daredevil in the papers back home, but if he’s going about teaching Lydia the right way, then it means he’s showing her some combination of practical moves alongside a basic foundation to make sure she can dodge and gain endurance. Beginners are usually taught to feint and to run. Steve might be able to teach her something else.
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When Lydia mentions she’s working on something too, Steve can only guess that it’s because she has Cisco and Tony making some kind of weapon (or maybe weapons) — Cisco had all but hinted that he was creating something aggressive over the network, and Tony had mentioned making a repulser gun the day Steve woke up in the hospital.
But right now, every word she says points to one thing: that Lydia doesn’t feel safe. Not in the sense that on a given day, no one feels safe in Alpha. No, it goes much deeper than that. Steve realizes then, that she actively feels like she’s going to be attacked at any moment, and because of it, she’s-
“Lydia, you’ve mentioned that Matt is training you. He’s teaching you how to fight. How’s that going?”
Because above all else, Steve’s first instinct is to identify the problem, and see if he can do anything to help her. He doesn’t know Matt’s fighting style, at least not beyond what he can barely remember from what he’d read about Daredevil in the papers back home, but if he’s going about teaching Lydia the right way, then it means he’s showing her some combination of practical moves alongside a basic foundation to make sure she can dodge and gain endurance. Beginners are usually taught to feint and to run. Steve might be able to teach her something else.