"Your turn, you two." Aaron gestured for Bill and Ava to step forward. "Time is precious, so keep it as simple as possible."
"Ava is another victim of Hank Pym's arrogance."
"What does that have to do with me?" Hank felt wronged for no reason. "Today is the first time I've ever met her, okay?"
"What about my father?"
"Your father? Who was that?"
"Elihas Starr. He used to be your colleague at S.H.I.E.L.D. Does the great Hank Pym not remember him?"
"Uh... I think I do." Hank asked with a strange expression, "You're his daughter?"
"My father opposed the great Hank Pym on quantum research. You had him fired and ruined his reputation."
"My father wanted to continue the research on his own. To restore his reputation, he was willing to take risks.
"Too great a risk, until something went wrong."
"He told us to run. I could tell he was terrified, and I didn't want to leave him alone.
"When I woke up, both my parents were dead. I wasn't so lucky." As Ava spoke, she raised her hands. They looked like pale phantoms, constantly flickering between solid and intangible.
"Whoa! Looks like you can... phase through walls without a suit." Scott said in astonishment.
"The suit only helps me control this state. It was supposed to suppress the pain too."
"They called it 'molecular disequilibrium.' It's a stupid name. It doesn't describe how terrifying it is.
"Every cell in my body gets torn apart, then put back together.
"Again and again, day after day."
"I was still with S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time," Bill said. "I got a call saying there'd been a quantum anomaly in Argentina, so I rushed over immediately."
"I found her in the hospital, but her hands couldn't even touch the gift I brought