capeandcowl | TWENTY-TWO

[The feed clicks on to show a postcard, held in Pietro's hand. He's obviously displaying it purposefully for the network to see, and just barely visible, half-hidden by his thumb is the Cancun, Mexico text.]

After some minor confusion, I have been informed that my wife, Angelica, simply decided to take an unscheduled holiday. One about which she declined to tell anyone, apparently. Even myself.

[He flips the postcard around, revealing a typical note (wish you were here, the sun is amaaaazing, etc) and a few hearts scrawled lazily toward the end).]

I would retrieve her myself, but as I do not know exactly where in the Cancun she might be, and wish to avoid our son feeling any further parental abandonment... [Pietro clenches his jaw, the tenseness and resentment pretty palpable.] I will merely have to await her return.

I'm sorry to have concerned anyone over her absence. In the future, I will make sure Angelica and I discuss any future travel plans prior to gallivanting off.

[With that, Pietro folds the postcard with a huff and kills the feed.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You could take your kid with you to Cancun, if you wanted.

The long distance travel would be very hard on him.

How old is he? [ Not that she knows anything about kids. Kids that aren't Eridan. ]

Six and a half. However, it's the method of transportation that worries me.

Can't you try a plane?

Those take an abysmally long time to travel anywhere. And then there's the documentation involved.

It could be a nice vacation. Live a little.

I believe it would be prudent to wait for a more appropriate time. Perhaps when the City won't be missing people like the Avengers.

The point is to not be prudent.

I have responsibilities. I'm sorry if that's terribly difficult for you to understand.

How, may I ask, do you know Angelica?

I can understand it and still think it's boring.

And I think I'll leave that question to your imagination.

Then I think it fortunate that your opinions have very little impact on my actions.

... I'll simply ask Angelica about it when she returns, you realize.