[IC] Pre-intro

[stupidcupid]

[ you're being watched ]

Comments

[threateningflour]

Banner's living behind it.

[stupidcupid]

Then I'll keep an eye on him too.

[threateningflour]

Oh. There's another Loki here. A younger one.

[stupidcupid]

[ his jaw clenches ]

And?

[threateningflour]

He's not a threat.

[stupidcupid]

I'd like some proof, sir. No offense.

[threateningflour]

He took care of me for a week and didn't kill me.

[stupidcupid]

I was Loki's mind-slave and he didn't kill me either. Can I have something beyond "I'm not dead right now"?

[threateningflour]

I wasn't his mind slave either. I don't have concrete proof. Just a gut feeling.

[stupidcupid]

I hate it when you say that.

[threateningflour]

You hate it when I'm right.

[stupidcupid]

That too.

Anything else, boss?

[threateningflour]

Heard about the world eater yet?

[stupidcupid]

Banner and Tasha filled me in on that. And I'm all out of World-Eating-Killer arrows. Think you can find me some here?

[threateningflour]

Ask Stark.

[stupidcupid]

Do I have to.

[threateningflour]

[will just stare at]

[stupidcupid]

[ sigh ]

Yes, sir.

[threateningflour]

Get settled in. We have a lot of work to do.

[stupidcupid]

Coulson.

The other--Our Loki. What are we doing about him? We can't just . . . let him run wild.

[threateningflour]

We watch him. As much as I would love to put him in a cage, he's already in one.

[stupidcupid]

[ "I don't want to" "I can't" "Make someone else do it" ]

Yes, sir. I'll keep an eye out for him.

[threateningflour]

You're not doing this alone, Barton.

[stupidcupid]

[ snaps ]

I'm your best man for look-out and we both know it. I can do this.

[threateningflour]

[staring at him, studying him for a moment]