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[hyperverbose]

alright, Vanilla Sky. i've got an info exchange you might be interested in.

you want to know what happened in my new york? i only need one thing from you.

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[hacker]

They'd look at that too.

[ Firmly. ]

That's what they do, Coulson. They help people. Just like SHIELD.

[ Actually, a little less selfishly, if she's being honest. SHIELD always wants to be able to assert its own defense. The Knights don't seem interested in accumulating that kind of preventative power. ]

[refurbished]

How much of a chance do you think there is that they'll be willing to work with this alongside our own scientists?

[hacker]

Do we need them to? We can just copy the files.

[refurbished]

We've had the files. We don't have Jane Foster. [ he doesn't like to spell it out in flashing neon letters, but it's pretty clear what he means.

shield couldn't replicate what she was going for, couldn't live up to her genius where the project was concerned ]

[hacker]

Hasmed and Solace aren't going to take kindly to SHIELD poaching their knights.

[ Just pointing it out. He'd better be the one to run damage control on that if she tries this. ]

[refurbished]

Working alongside isn't the same thing as trying to recruit.

[ a beat ] Not always.

[hacker]

Not sure they'll make that distinction.

[refurbished]

We can ask. Different than insisting.

[hacker]

And the "we" here is ...?

[ she has a feeling she's on knight recruitment duty ]

[refurbished]

I was hoping it'd apply to those present. [ he spreads both hands, like, well, there's two of us here ] I'm willing to take it to them myself, but it might be better to have someone there who knows them better.

[hacker]

You're not worried showing off your token knight might instead come across as reminding them that I'm actually the token traitor?

[ Not a real popular person around these parts right now. ]

[refurbished]

Do you think it's a better idea to try to shoo you under the rug? [ he clearly does not ]

[hacker]

I think there's a middle ground between that and shoving me in their faces. But ... [ she hunches her shoulders, and nods. ] Alright. [ she trusts Coulson's judgment implicitly. ] Let's ask.

[refurbished]

I'll set something up.