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[bravebartender]

	✔ Cʀᴏssᴏᴠᴇʀs/AU ✔ Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴsᴘᴀᴍ ✔ Pʀᴏsᴇ	✔ Pɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs ✔ Oᴛʜᴇʀᴡᴏʀᴅʟʏ ✔ Sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs	♥ F/M, F/F ⏰ Uᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ

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[complexities]

[Elektra looks confused as to why Cami would ask that. Why wouldn't it matter? He humiliated and terrorized her at every opportunity. She is the warrior that even the stars themselves should fear. It's unacceptable.]

It makes me more powerful than him. [Which is the truth though in her heart Elektra knows she surpassed him years ago. It feels important to drive this point home to him before taking his life.]

[bravebartender]

So it's all about power. He has it, you want to take it from him?

[She thinks it's more complicated than that, but it's something to poke at at least.]

[complexities]

You misunderstand. [It comes out tense. Cami hit the right spot.] He is not more powerful than me! That is why....

[She stops herself there. The rest would resemble something like 'why I refuse to still fear him.' She has to destroy the source of her fear.]

[bravebartender]

If he's not more powerful than you, then why is he still a threat? Why so focused on destroying him completely?

[She raises an eyebrow.]

It indicates he must have some power over you.

[complexities]

[Elektra has no proper counterargument because it's true. He is stolen much more than her life.] I wish to be free. This will set me free.

[bravebartender]

In my experience, death isn't always as freeing as they think it is. In some ways, it just adds even more restrictions - both for the person who's dead and the person who killed them.