Yet you do not serve a king?
Not really how it works with us.
I wonder if I serve the king as the great warrior you say I am.
Odin? Oh, we know you do. You've met him.
Shut... up.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Season 1
Yet you do not serve a king?
Not really how it works with us.
I wonder if I serve the king as the great warrior you say I am.
Odin? Oh, we know you do. You've met him.
Shut... up.
Kava means keys.
Keys?
A device used to unlock...
Yeah. I know keys.
Coulson, your people make decisions based on logic.
Usually.
Usually. As do mine.
Leaving Skye with us is the logical choice, I promise.
No. No. That is not what I mean. Asgard is millennia beyond you in our pursuit of science and knowledge. And we have learned there are some things that can never be understood.
Is this little talk one of 'em?
I haven't worked with S.H.I.E.L.D. in a long while. I moved on for a reason.
It's a different S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson's the director now.
Okay, but why me? Is this Skye that bad?
She's that good. A good agent.
Tell me about the wedding. I'm thinking May could go either way... understated or full bridezilla. She can be a control freak.
I'm not here to discuss my ex.
Did you guys have actual conversations? You know, like, pillow talk, or was it just pillow stern looks?
[about Skye] She thinks the world of you.
Well, I taught her how to fire an automatic. Of course she likes me.
Maybe it would make more sense just to forget about S.H.I.E.L.D. M-Move on. I mean, haven't they robbed us of enough?
That's the point. We can't forget. We can't just slink away and let them take from us. From me! They took my little girl. They stole her from me, and they still have her. She isn't safe there. Losing a child, it, it tears you apart! I'm just like you. I wasn't strong. I couldn't protect the people I loved. So I tried to change, improve myself, with chemistry. Results were inconsistent. Some volatility issues. But I keep working on a formula. Always tweaking. We can't stop now. We can't let them make us afraid or make the world afraid of us! They are the criminals, and we're gonna shine a light on that!
You were right. For a while there, it all went to hell. It was bad. But now Bobbi and I work for an organization, an outlier that came out of the wreckage from what Fury left.
What organization, Mack? Who the hell are you working for?
S.H.I.E.L.D. The real S.H.I.E.L.D.
You must be Lance Hunter.
And you must be crazy.
[to Skye] Things change. That's what I'm saying. So maybe if you can learn how to control this, then... you could have Avenger-level powers, something like Captain America, even.
I think it best we keep in mind the unstable natures of Skye's power. If there is an Avenger equivalent, right now I'm afraid it's The Hulk.
Well, Hulk, saved the world, last I checked.
So that's what this is about; you guys don't want Coulson in charge. I'll be the first to admit the guy's not perfect. Sometimes chews with his mouth open, tends to hog the mic on karaoke night. But other than that, he's not so bad really.
I know what you're going through. My family did a number on me. Stripped me down, left me hollow. I was a shell. So, when someone finally did come along and offer to build me back up, I didn't resist. Even though what he really did was make me a killer.
But you seem so well-adjusted.
It was a long road. Took getting locked up to give me some perspective. But then I paid my family a visit. They were surprised to see me, but I think that eventually, we were able to dig in, really express our feelings.
That's it?
I haven't looked back since. You are the only one who can find yourself.
Lieutenant, when was the last time I got your name right?
Never. Sir.
You are correct.
The last person who betrayed me? I broke his larynx.
The most dangerous kind of pain is the kind you can't feel.
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