[She's trying, and that's the important part, especially when there's a lot of catching up for Eleven to do.

Natasha isn't horrified, or even particularly surprised, by the answer and she keeps any disappointment off her face.

Any shortcomings on this front aren't any fault of El's.]

Have you ever had someone try to help you, but you didn't like how they did it? Maybe they tried making choices for you, even though you could make them yourself?

[Honestly, the morality of the killing can wait for later. Natasha isn't going to lose sleep over the deaths of some gulag guards.

But she does add:]

Maybe your dad, or your boyfriend.

[Someone who, presumably, Eleven would understood had her best interests at heart even if they made mistakes.]