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[arcreact]

How many was it?

[ Why is he asking when he really doesn't even wanna know the answer? It's a goddamn mystery. ]

[hyperkinesia]

[ Tony doesn't want to know the answer, Bruce doesn't want to tell him either— in fact he hadn't even think about it in those terms until now. He doesn't particularly like to. But since he asks. ]

I don't know. Hundreds, give or take. I don't have a specific number to give you.

[arcreact]

[ Hundreds. Probably better than he was assuming, but that's mostly because he was picturing some kind of fucked up Deathstar full of slaves from across the galaxy. The truth does jack to actually ease any of his agitation over it. ]

Sounds like a great time. [ The sarcasm is practically a puddle on the floor. ] ... I'm glad you made it out.

[ That part, at least, is earnest. ]

[hyperkinesia]

[ Better than expected still doesn't make it better. It could've been worse. Could've been hundreds of thousands or even millions, but the truth is: in a system where there's a whole outpost dedicated to legal human trafficking, the numbers have to be much greater than the ones Bruce is giving Tony. That's just the outpost. Now multiply it for however many stations, ships and cities in all the planets that exist within this system.

The bigger picture in this case is a horrible one. And what can they do? Nothing, pretty much. ]

I'm glad we all did.

[ It's a very small comfort. It's selfish and self-centered too. The ship's fine, the crew's fine, let's just keep flying by as quietly and discreetly as possible and not call any attention to ourselves. It's all very brave and heroic. ]