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Sometimes I wonder if you're just doing this out of spite.

That's it, isn't it? You know that's unhealthy.

[Never any breaks. Life's hard.]

You have people that you can trust. I just want you to know that.

[He's shrugging it off and pretending he missed the point.]

[It is very hard.

And yeah, he knows a deflection when he sees one. So not going to pry.]

I do. [A smile.] Thanks.

Yeah, well... That's my job.

[Augh that smile. Bruce.]

Is that part of being a consultant, or did I miss a memo somewhere?

[He sort of remembers you're the director or something right...]

I'm the Director of SHIELD.

[Go ahead, Bruce. You know you want to get mad.]

[...he can't decide if he should be amused or try to be snarky.]

What did you give Fury to let you take the position? A mickey in his powershake?

[...he doesn't mean it. Really.]

Fury had to disappear. Things got messy, and... I don't know where he is. It doesn't matter, I guess.

[Sorry, he's missing a lot of energy and humor these days. He's not offended either.]

Someone else needed to do it. There weren't a lot of options.

[...okay, maybe that was the wrong thing to say.

Internally wincing here.]

You did what you had to do, I'm sure. It's not like I know how things work there, anyway.

We do what we have to do.

[Sure. That's why he's there, right? They hate him, and it doesn't look like it's working, but it's better than total annihilation?

Or something. He shrugs noncommittally.]

SHIELD maintains pretty effective global security these days. People are happy with that.

[Anything is better than total annihilation. Bruce would agree.]

As long as it works. [A smile.] Don't beat yourself too much over it.

It works. It always works.

[Until it breaks, of course. He frowns slightly at the smile.]

You don't know what you're saying.

I guess I don't.

[Shrugs.]

It's prorably not my place to say. I'm not on the best term with SHIELD myself.

No, that's true.

[He didn't mean that... damn.]

Sorry. I know you're just trying to help.

I know I'm not exactly the number one person to go for sagely advice.

It's not that, I just... Things happened.

It got bad.

[...if he can pat you, he would.

Just so you know.]

It seems to be a recurring theme. [Pause.] I think I said that before.

You might have.

[Haha... Well, even hitting him would be something at this point. He's not picky.]

But that's a different case. It can be better for you.

[Bruce would never hit anybody besides Ross. And Schmidt. But they deserve it anyway.]

Maybe. It's still too early to determine anything.

[A lot of people would argue that Tony is just as bad.

But he actually smiles there.]

Early is okay. You're starting out. It means things can change.

[And Bruce smiles back.]

I'll be sure to tell you when they do.

I'm sure you will.

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