[IC] Pre-intro

[stupidcupid]

[ you're being watched ]

Comments

[stupidcupid]

Man, you have a bizarre view of SHIELD.

[trickor]

Oh?

[stupidcupid]

I told you everything there is to know and that's what you'd thought they'd do? Nat must have played you like a fiddle.

[trickor]

Ah, the Widow.

[smiles, soft and fond]

She is fascinating--very skilled at what she does.

[stupidcupid]

Tell me something I don't know.

[trickor]

[chuckles]

I expected it from Fury, though.

[stupidcupid]

You don't know Fury that well.

[trickor]

We've spoken but a scant handful of times. I know his type, though. That which is required simply of holding sway over a group of powerful and dangerous people.

[stupidcupid]

...

Possibly.

[trickor]

I was raised a prince of Asgard, Clinton Barton, and I watched far more carefully than Thor ever did. I saw how Odin Allfather ruled, and I learned.

[stupidcupid]

There's nothing you can say or learn that'll convince me.

[trickor]

Then there is no point in speaking, is there.

[stupidcupid]

I'm not turning my back on you.

[trickor]

Shall I present you with mine instead?

[stupidcupid]

Do it.

[trickor]

[turns, slowly and very deliberately.

Don't think for a second he'd miss if you fired at him again, though.]

[stupidcupid]

[just waits until he's gone]

[trickor]

[I have the feeling this is going to happen a lot.

WANDERING OFF, ANYWAY]