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[beenunmade]

[ Video flickers on and Clint's sitting on top of his house, fiddling with his bow as he contemplates quite a few things right now. Mostly that this place fucking sucked and Nat was gone. Both of them were. Despite Phil still being there...Nat was the third member of their fearsome trio. Fearsome duo just didn't really have the same ring to it as he sets the bow on his lap. ]

Can anyone fuckin' tell me how Loki for Tasha is a fair trade? Cos I ain't seein' it. She wouldn't just up 'n leave so it's gotta be somethin' else. Does anyone remember any videos of either of 'em bein' nabbed or somethin'? [ He fiddles a little with her SHIELD identification card that he found left behind in her room. There were also a couple knives that he'd made sure to pocket. ]

[ Private to Loki ]

I need target practice...stand ground level from my house. You can run in zig-zags if it'll make you feel more comfortable.

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[beenunmade]

[ Clint would feel a little bad about that. ]

...the invasion, right? [ Clint ducks his head, sighing a little. ] I don't remember that. When I showed up Phil had to knock me out of Loki's control.

[manofiron]

Yep. That's the one.

[ Will it cause a temporal paradox if he fills him in on the future? Does he care? The answer is no. Because the more people who know about what happens, the more likely it is that someone can do something about the Coulson Dying Problem. ]

We won, by the way. In case you were wondering. Thor and Loki went back to Asgard with the Tesseract. New York didn't get nuked. Yay us.

[beenunmade]

I heard rumors...jus' didn't wanna assume.

[ Apparently people were scattered from where they had come from. Clint gives a quick thumbs up. ]

Banner gave me the run-down. Includin' the fact that no one...[ Saved Phil. ] 'll take this as a victory by association 'n go celebratin' a little.

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[manofiron]

[ He hesitates just a second, then switches the feed over to private. ]

Not a complete victory. We lost one of ours. Coulson. Right before the space whales attacked. I mean to see that doesn't happen again. You in?

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[beenunmade]

I know. [ Clint's smile fades. ] Coulson wasn't plannin' on telling me but Banner sort of spilled the beans on that little secret.

Do I even need to answer that, Stark? [ Clint's been Phil's unofficial bodyguard since he found out the news. ]

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[manofiron]

Maybe not. But I had to ask anyway. To make sure.

Don't tell him I told you to keep an eye on him, either. That would be bad.

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[beenunmade]

'm almost positive he'll think 'm bullshitting him. [ He smiles. ]

Phil's used to me watching him. This won't be a change from the ordinary.

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[manofiron]

Excellent.

[ He pauses for a moment, if only because he isn't sure that he'll be able to live up to the offer he's about to make without the equipment he needs. ]

Listen. You need anything, let me know. I'll do what I can to see that you get it.