[ A lot of the things she could say to him aren't positive, but Verity has never known Stark to lie, much, even on the news. One of the reasons for her registering back during the mess of the SRA was how overwhelming honest he was about tracking down powered people, and while that was scary at the time it was also the absolute truth. A lot of other people on the news lied through their teeth.

So she might feel a lot like a canary next to a lion, but she won't peck at him unnecessarily. Living with Loki teaches a person to pick their battles. Plus, her inner fifteen-year-old still thinks he's kind of cool. ]

I was mooching around in there alone and the floor started to play tricks on my mind, I guess. I thought I saw someone else.

[ Arms folding, she snorts softly as the topic shifts because she really can picture the captains agreeing to speak to him instead of, say, her. For various reasons, but mainly an unwillingness to have a living lie detector pick up on any bullshit they decided to spew. ]

Maybe you should be the captain.

[ It's not a malicious barb, merely a tease that isn't altogether unsure of itself. ]