Sitting in the Speeder, Schiller and Wanda began discussing the matter. Schiller had already decided to face reality. He was still hugely popular on the Web, because the everyday superhero footage Ultron had filmed was practically the third season of a documentary. Schiller still occupied an important role in it, and his popularity had only risen rather than faded.
Wanda was still inclined to avoid the issue. She felt that as long as she stayed off the Web, she would not be affected by it. But when she thought about how the waiter and manager might post what happened today online, she realized they would not only attack her—they would definitely attack Jarvis and her children too.
Whenever her family was involved, Wanda found it hard to endure. And Schiller's assessment of the Mutant situation dispelled the last of her wishful thinking.
"The Mutants' development of the Andromeda galaxy isn't just for yourselves. You're also the vanguard of humanity's interstellar exploration. You've put in so much effort, and countless compatriots have sweated and bled, yet almost no one knows about any of it."
"This viral invasion has shown that you can't deal with the dangers of the universe alone. You still need support from Earth, and you need more ordinary human experts who are friendly toward you."
Wanda nodded. Of course she knew that. Mutants had many weaknesses, but their greatest weakness was that their theoretical expertise was lacking. Or rather, their practical capabilities were too strong, leaving their theoretical knowledge unable to keep up.
Take this virus, for example. Magneto could wipe out more than twenty planets in an instant, but he could not do that, because he needed to study what had actually happened.
If they did not root out the Black Hand behind it, this time it