[Even if they're just standing there in the middle of the maze together, lost in the moment, it still feels good. It's not that Nat doesn't have people on her side. Clint's there, and she's learning more about Bucky, too. Plus Tony and Bruce are there, too. She's getting to know others as well, but it's good to just know there's another person that's got her back like Sam does.]

Steve retired? [Somehow she can't picture that. Maybe it's because she doesn't know he didn't go back, but trying to imagine him not standing up to some injustice somewhere. Her lips twist a little before looking back at him.]

Look, I don't have any answers on it. Tony's here, too. I heard he took the fall in the end. [Sacrifice himself so the rest of humanity lives. Maybe they have more in common than she ever thought.]

We've mostly been trying to figure this place out, but there's been some... side effects. [She lifts her hands to show the dark purple seeping up from her finger tips. It's under her hair as well, but that's mostly hidden with her long, red hair.]