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What? I thought you'd like that.

Next time we see Thor I'll wipe the floor with him.

Oh boy, Thor versus twenty-first century. That's gonna be fun.

Can you imagine him watching that one?

Not at all, I can't even picture him having toast. How would that even go? "What is this Midgardian bread? It is too plain! I am not satisfied!"

[ huffs a laugh. ]

He seems like a whole loaf kinda guy.

He's... well, I don't know if dating is the word. But he's acquainted with Jane Foster. Have you met her?

. . . huh. Yeah, I have. She didn't say anything about it.

She had no reason to. She didn't know about— [sudden pause, but he takes a deep breath and continues] New York until I told her.

[ gives him a very small smile to acknowledge it. ]

We talked about it some, oddly enough. She was tellin' me about uh, wormholes.

[reaches out to grab Steve's arm, and takes a very deep breath. He's good, rly, he can do this]

... that's the... [he gestures upwards with his free hand] portal. That's what they're called.

. . . shit.

[he's gripping him pretty tightly but that aside he seems to be fine]

It's fine, I'm fine... a road of self-discovery. I'll have JARVIS make a list. "Words that make Tony freak out." We can make a game out of it.

Doesn't sound like much fun for anyone.

That's because we haven't played it yet. It totally has therapeutic value, doesn't it JARVIS?

Sir, I honestly doubt that is an acceptable definition of 'exposure therapy.'

... well, he's no fun.

Sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

[eventually lets go of Steve's arm, apparently having forgotten he was grabbing him]

We've been researching... or he's been researching and I've been complaining at him.

Yeah?

He's advocating for talk therapy... which is exactly what it sounds like. But I'm not really patient material, I can't just talk to a stranger and I rationalize everything so it wouldn't help.

Exposure might be a better bet, but I have no idea of where to even start and really it all boils down to not wanting to get a doctor.

. . . Fury had me talk to someone when I got out of the ice.

... I'm just vaguely embarrassed for him by now. You'd think he'd know better.

Yeah, it didn't take.

I bet you were really nice to the poor shrink anyway. Actually I'm sure you offered them a glass of water at least once, even though it was their office.

[ laughs. ]

Saw no reason not to be polite.

Barton said— once he was done beating me up, he said we've all been there. And of course it's not the same, but it's easier to understand.