He turned to catch her looking him over, and a bit of color rose in his cheeks. "An Avenger giving me the compartmentalizing speech. That's different." His lips twisted up into a small, self-deprecating smile. "I'm usually using it in the opposite argument, though. In order to--as Stark puts it--suck the joy out of life."

He turned onto a surface street, heading away from SHIELD HQ. "By the way, if you ever make a similar offer to someone and they aren't interested, you should probably bring them in to SHIELD. They won't be human."