[He wasn't wrong; her element was largely hitting people. She knew how to slip into the shadows, how to vanish and how to decode files, but this was conversation, double and triple entendre, social graces that she'd been far too isolated to pick up on her own. They were in her head, memories of them, but it wasn't the same, harder to replicate than the way she could disable a glock with a snapkick all on muscle memory.
Her answer is vague, but it doesn't seem to be the misdirection she'd hoped, judging by the way that he looks at her. There's a twist of her lips at his words, when he mentions Steve Rogers.] Anyone who discounted Steve Rogers found themselves on the wrong side of history, I'd say.
[She might be including Pierce in that number, to be fair. But, then there's those questions, and she falters a little. If he's sharp enough, he might be able to pick up that there's a sort of implicit conflict, contradictory messages that he's pushing at.]
That depends on how you define peace, doesn't it? There are-- I mean control isn't-- [Dear god, someone save her.] Innocent people deserve to be protected from those that would do them harm, and those that seek control without care for the cost miss the point.
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Her answer is vague, but it doesn't seem to be the misdirection she'd hoped, judging by the way that he looks at her. There's a twist of her lips at his words, when he mentions Steve Rogers.] Anyone who discounted Steve Rogers found themselves on the wrong side of history, I'd say.
[She might be including Pierce in that number, to be fair. But, then there's those questions, and she falters a little. If he's sharp enough, he might be able to pick up that there's a sort of implicit conflict, contradictory messages that he's pushing at.]
That depends on how you define peace, doesn't it? There are-- I mean control isn't-- [Dear god, someone save her.] Innocent people deserve to be protected from those that would do them harm, and those that seek control without care for the cost miss the point.