Penthouse Apartment

In those days before the Internet, people had been far more sincere. Steve Rogers often brought that up.

Years of life on the streets had taught him even more clearly that words could not represent a person's true thoughts; actions could. The mission he had carried out with Salomon had given him a glimpse of the tip of Hell's iceberg. Captain Rogers understood the horrors of the magical world, and Salomon's willingness to enter Hell to save the people of Sokovia had made Steve Rogers forgive him for standing by when Ultron was born. Even though Salomon had dismissed that forgiveness with disdain, Captain Rogers took it as proof that Salomon's words did not match his heart—the Arcanist had been unable to act because of the rules of the magical world and could only achieve his goals through indirect means. Could defeating Ultron really have been harder than going to Hell? He did not think Salomon was some two-meter-tall idiot with muscles for brains. He must have had his reasons.

Honestly, even Stark had not had much to say about it.

They all believed Salomon had been so aggressive only because he could not forgive himself. Otherwise, Captain Rogers would not have brought Falcon, fresh from training, to speak with Salomon. They wanted to ease the Arcanist's psychological issues and make him stop tormenting himself. After all, even Tony Stark, who had created Ultron, did not feel such intense guilt, so there was even less reason for Salomon to. After the Ultron incident, Nick Fury had also mentioned Salomon's psychological problems to the Avengers—it was an old topic by then, but the Avengers' understanding was vastly different from Nick Fury's. Only a few people knew that Nick Fury saw Salomon as one of his own kind, because they were both