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More importantly I think we should discuss how you got it.

Are you available to speak in person?

[hypoxic]

I have no intention of outing my source, if that's what you want.

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Yes or no question: are you available to speak in person?

[hypoxic]

Yes. Preferably somewhere secure.

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Define secure in this context.

[hypoxic]

Somewhere we won't be overheard. By residents or demons.

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Ever go to the suana?

[hypoxic]

What does that have to do with anything?

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It's private. No one is going to sneak up on us. Hard to sneak in a weapon.

That's what I'd consider secure.

[hypoxic]

We would still be clothed in this scenario, of course.

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That sounds very uncomfortable.

[hypoxic]

The alternative sounds more.

[ except she's right about the security level. ]

Nothing untoward. We show up separately and leave separately.

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Your virtue's safe.

[hypoxic]

Then I'll be there shortly.

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See you then.

[hypoxic]

[ it takes him some time to make his way down to the sauna, and even longer to brave the way inside. But he'll be there, wearing a towel fully unfolded, covering himself from the chest down. ]

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[Natasha is there already when he arrives, comfortably wrapped in a towel and reclining on her elbows. She sits up when he arrives, taking a drink of water from a bottle she brought in from outside.

Her eyebrows go up when she sees him covering up, but she doesn't say anything about it.]

I assume you didn't bring the trigger phrase with you?

[hypoxic]

You didn't ask for it. Still haven't told me if you'd rather have it set on fire.

[ she's so casual right now. It's unsettling. He sits on the opposite side of the sauna and it still doesn't feel far enough to be chaste. ]

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[It's calculated, superficial, but she's very good at it.]

Would it have made any difference if I had?

[hypoxic]

I might've appreciated knowing a bit more about what you wanted to discuss.

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You're a smart man, Agent Fitz. I'm sure you can guess. If there's a Hydra presence here—and high ranking at that—it's a concern.

[hypoxic]

I'm aware. And I hope you'll be responsible with what I've trusted to you.

[deaddrop]

And I intend to be. So far I haven't spread this around.

I'm going to need more than that, though.

[hypoxic]

If you want more, I'll need a more specific question.

[ so he can be evasive about it ]

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All right. What do you think you're going to have to tell me to prevent me from going on a manhunt from someone here who might be ex-Hydra?

It's a fairly small population.

[How long do you think it would take her to figure something out?]