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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8211736" data-attributes="member: 40176">I didn't get the impression that Agatha was looking for the Scarlet Witch - more that she just knew about the concept, sufficiently to be able to identify Wanda once she'd gone through her backstory.I think the sequence of events would be roughly:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Agatha is off doing other things, just living her life, when she senses a massive burst of magic from Westview, and comes to investigate.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She uses her powers to protect herself when she enters the Hex. She's much less powerful than Wanda, but also far more experienced, and has actually studied magic, so it's not that surprising that she can protect herself.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She marvels at the scope of power on display, and wants to learn more about the person who's doing it, so she approaches Wanda but quickly realises that Wanda is caught up in her own fantasy world. She'll need to be snapped out of it before she can actually provide more detailed information.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Agatha ingratiates herself into Wanda's life, and attempts a series of decreasingly subtle interventions to pull her out of her fantasy world. At the same time she sets up her own sanctum in a nearby basement to ensure that she has a bastion if Wanda turns hostile.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finally Wanda seems to be coming back to herself sufficiently to actually provide useful information if interrogated, so Agatha kidnaps her children and encourages her into Agatha's sanctum.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That's when she finds out how little Wanda actually knows. While she was aware of Wanda's status as an Avenger, she didn't know the source of her powers and had been working under the assumption that Wanda was a formally-trained practitioner. Startled to find that Wanda actually doesn't have any powerful spells or rituals that she can steal, Agatha instead endeavours to learn how she came to have such a degree of raw talent, by embarking upon a trip down memory lane with her.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's only after this that Agatha makes the connection that Wanda is something called the Scarlet Witch, and it scares her.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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