"I'll keep that in mind, about Max," Anzu says, by-the-by, studying Hawkeye and his reactions. He's having some trouble getting a proper read on him, on exactly how comfortable he is with subterfuge, how comfortable he is with not telling.
Unfortunately, he himself is too accustomed to talking about these things in allusions and circumlocutions. The pause lengthens. Eventually, he sighs and says, "darling, just ah. The kinds of things thou would'st not want thy superiors finding out about, back where thou died'st."
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"I'll keep that in mind, about Max," Anzu says, by-the-by, studying Hawkeye and his reactions. He's having some trouble getting a proper read on him, on exactly how comfortable he is with subterfuge, how comfortable he is with not telling.
Unfortunately, he himself is too accustomed to talking about these things in allusions and circumlocutions. The pause lengthens. Eventually, he sighs and says, "darling, just ah. The kinds of things thou would'st not want thy superiors finding out about, back where thou died'st."