Loki nodded. "i said it didn't exist for people like me." he corrected her with a smile. "Steve is very simple at the moment." Loki admitted. "he is becoming much more complicated with every passing day." he admitted, which was his way of saying 'Steve is little more than a child right now, but he's improving and recovering by leaps and bounds every passing day. "you are not fine." Loki chastised her. "you need help, before your soul sickness turns into a rot. if that happens you'll never love again, you'll be depressed constantly. before you turn thirty you will have killed yourself. is that what you want?" hopefully the shock method would work.
"Thank you Hela." Scott said with a smile at her before he smiled at Alais. "we're going to see the truth." he admitted. "Steve is who you need Alais." Scott said with a smile. "it might have only been a few months, but are you supposed to grieve forever?" he asked her. "Steve is someone you could actually form a soul connection with. that's the deepest kind of love there is Alais. he's practically been destined for you and you want to turn away from him because you think it's wrong to love him just because i died and you didn't?" he asked her. "i love yu, i will always love you, i know that you will always love me too. that doesn't mean you can't love someone else." he promised her before he shook his head. "i know. they still pretend that i'm a perfectly normal person, they didn't even really greive you know? they just, replaced me really, with stories and lies. they would rather have the lie than their real son, and that's what they keep." he admitted.
when she touched the water, faces began to appear, Steve was first, his happy smile looking up at her, then Roland, Tony, James, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Johnny, Sue, Ben, Fury, Phil, Professor X, Bobby, Johnny, Storm, Phoenix, Hank, the King and Queen, her teachers and students from the school that stayed long enough to actually form a real friendship with Alais. Jos and Winter appeared, as did Codi. Tom, Loki, Thor, even Pepper appeared, though her picture was much smaller than the others. Steve's was by far the biggest. "the bigger they are. the more they love you." he admitted with a smile. Tom was the fourth biggest, Steve, then Roland, then Tony then Tom. there where dozens of faces in there. "mine doesn't show up because i'm already dead." he explained with a smile at her. "the pool can't spy on people who are already dead." he admitted.
he smiled at her reaching out and touching Steve, watching the thing zoom in where Steve was snuggled into Roland and pouting that he didn't get to go with Alais while he patted Pasha who was trying to eat Tony's hair while he dozed. Bruce was sitting next to Steve, running through flashcards. "B, D, F, G, T, V, X, L, C, U." Steve was babbling, making James laugh and ruffle Steve's hair. "Two!" Steve declared, examining the umber on the flashcard. "Apple!" Steve decided, Bruce chuckling. "no. this is a Banana." Bruce corrected. "apple!" "banana." "apple!" "banana." "Apple!" "...Steve, this is a... Johnny Storm!" Bruce accused, Johnny smiling innocently and hiding the apple behind his back, Steve going for Johnny. he wanted that apple! it was great to see Johnny was up and about, even if he was stuck in a wheelchair.