kate bishop (hawkeye) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
selfequipped) wrote2014-02-10 02:43 pm
selfequipped) wrote2014-02-10 02:43 pm
[ She takes a step back, reaching up for her sunglasses and hauling them back over her eyes. She doesn't want to argue this with someone who's lent a hand in the search for Renee. She owes her that much. ]
I'll see you around. Thanks for your help.
I'll see you around. Thanks for your help.
Miss Bishop. Have you read the papers this morning?
[Because he's a seventeen year old who READS THE PAPER, of course he is.]
[Because he's a seventeen year old who READS THE PAPER, of course he is.]
Are we talking the break up between the two big action movie stars, the news about the Russian spies and the debates over why they're not being given a fair trial, or ... the murders?
[Her voice, as she spoke all of that, went from being rather light to ... very somber.]
[Her voice, as she spoke all of that, went from being rather light to ... very somber.]
I didn't know, Matt. He's studying for the bar exam.
The latter. [He doesn't care about gossip, and he has very little sympathy for spies.]
Reading between the lines, it seems as if the police are having a difficult time finding leads. Not that they would openly admit as much.
Reading between the lines, it seems as if the police are having a difficult time finding leads. Not that they would openly admit as much.
[After a moment, she nods, wrapping her arms around herself just before she turns back toward her apartment building.]
No problem, Kate.
No problem, Kate.
I know that, he told me-
[He stops, frustrated, trying to think of how to put this. Why is this his life? The question of the hour, the month, the year, and the rest of his existence.]
Kate. Until I get to the bottom of this, avoid him at all costs. Do not engage him. If he comes around at all, and I'm not there, you need to call me right away and do not let him in. And, if you can't...keep as much distance between you as you can at all times.
[He stops, frustrated, trying to think of how to put this. Why is this his life? The question of the hour, the month, the year, and the rest of his existence.]
Kate. Until I get to the bottom of this, avoid him at all costs. Do not engage him. If he comes around at all, and I'm not there, you need to call me right away and do not let him in. And, if you can't...keep as much distance between you as you can at all times.
The police force here is also overworked, thanks to our presence ...
[They might not need to find criminals, but the rest is bad enough.]
Have you ever broken into a morgue? We can see what the bodies there look like.
[Presuming there ... are bodies. The information is vague enough.]
[They might not need to find criminals, but the rest is bad enough.]
Have you ever broken into a morgue? We can see what the bodies there look like.
[Presuming there ... are bodies. The information is vague enough.]
I can handle combat.
[It feels like a good idea to remind him.]
What is he capable of?
[It feels like a good idea to remind him.]
What is he capable of?
... I cannot say that I have, no. In the past, I had always simply been allowed in.
Kate, I have faith in you. You're Hawkeye. I have no doubt you earned that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
[Just in case she needed to hear that.]
But I hadn't- I had hoped the situation wasn't going to escalate. I thought he might be like Melvin Potter. He thinks he got better. [He'd promised Matt he wouldn't interfere in his life.] And he's desperate for my approval. I don't know if he even knows what he did. But I'm not taking any chances.
[Just in case she needed to hear that.]
But I hadn't- I had hoped the situation wasn't going to escalate. I thought he might be like Melvin Potter. He thinks he got better. [He'd promised Matt he wouldn't interfere in his life.] And he's desperate for my approval. I don't know if he even knows what he did. But I'm not taking any chances.
Which strikes me as really odd, given what I've seen of other dimensions. And I've seen quite a lot.
[Mandrake just shrugs it off.]
Being a minister comes with many perks. Chief among them is that nobody ever questioned my right to go or be anywhere.
Being a minister comes with many perks. Chief among them is that nobody ever questioned my right to go or be anywhere.
I know what I'm capable of, but I know that Frank Castle would kick my ass.
[She says it in a very matter-of-fact way.]
And in our line of work, how much should we trust that someone has changed? How many people have reverted in our experience?
[She says it in a very matter-of-fact way.]
And in our line of work, how much should we trust that someone has changed? How many people have reverted in our experience?
What we should be looking into is what makes our universe the special one.
I don't have the same freedom. I'm unsettled here, and even though I work as a detective, it's still private work.
We might have to stick with breaking in.
We might have to stick with breaking in.
... All right. What do you propose? You are ... probably much more familiar with the security measures of this world than I am.
Your mentor didn't.
[If Clint has many, many faults, at least there will always be that.]
Whether or not to believe that is the sort of thing you have to decide for yourself.
[And this time, Matt was wrong.]
[If Clint has many, many faults, at least there will always be that.]
Whether or not to believe that is the sort of thing you have to decide for yourself.
[And this time, Matt was wrong.]
I'll see what I can do about getting in there tonight, and if that fails, I'll bring in a third party. She's older, more experienced than both of us. She'll be able to help in that arena.
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