House of X: Rebirth (Seventeen)
"I can finally say it." The God of Thunder set down his hammer. "After we came over to help, the Shi'ar Empire invaded the Solar System. Whether that had anything to do with us or not, it's definitely going to be seen as proof that we only made things worse. If we can't resolve the sanctions on Krakoa on top of that, forget being leaders of the Multiverse—the Main Universe might end up hated by everyone!"
"I've wanted to say it for ages too," Banner said irritably. "Those two are terrible at politics, but they still think they're great at it. And all of you just love listening to them. Well? How did that turn out? Under their management, you could say we lost the bride and the army."
"Now isn't the time for sarcasm," Captain America immediately stopped Banner, then said, "The decision to go support them was proposed by them, yes, but all of us agreed to it too. We can't push all the responsibility onto them at a time like this."
"That said, you were right about one thing. Their political ability isn't very high, and they do think rather highly of themselves. More precisely, they tend to take things for granted and ignore the actual situation. That also has to do with the environments they each grew up in. You can't force that."
"Not everyone here is a master of political struggle either. At best, we can only be called self-aware. But since things have already come to this, we still have to do our best. At the very least, we need to show an attitude, don't we?"
Everyone sighed in unison.
Political ability was like a super-expensive sports car. If you weren't born with one, it was very hard to