[Okay. Ouch? It wasn't the physical pain. It was that she slapped him. Also, when he'd spoken to her not an hour ago, she'd be completely crazy, but he wasn't going to even question that.]

Nat... what? [He stared at her a little blankly.] I was about to take him on before I woke up here. Someone had to. I had that prototype with me. It was fine.

[He was lying through his teeth, of course. He'd known the risks. He always knew the risks and they were acceptible to him.]

And anyway, he had Barton. [He indicated the knocked out agent.] What else was I supposed to do?