[That's not exactly what she was asking, but it answers the question either way. Both ways.]

That's reassuring to hear you say.

Don't compliment me,

[ he waves his hand, dismissive, slightly annoyed ]

You know a part of me hates it. We're not friends but we can get the job done if we need to.

Not a compliment. Just a statement.

[And an honest one. There's only so much she can do to try to bridge a gap between two people who are trying to tear each other apart.

Two people who aren't friends, she can work with.]

Which part of it do you hate?

The part where I can't trust him. I have a member in my team that I used to trust and I don't have that anymore.

[ Granted, he always trusted Natasha to be untrustworthy. The woman had secrets, many of them. Or maybe Tony couldn't get over her spying on him all those years ago.

Rogers used to be different. ]

That part.

[She doesn't argue with Tony or try to defend Steve. It's a complicated situation.

She'll leave Tony his feelings.]

That's a hard thing to come to terms with.

Change the subject will you.

[ he asks, he demands. he's already developing a headache. ]

Unless you have other questions about me and Rogers.

It's your room. Your mimosas. You wanted me to come by. We can talk about whatever you want to talk about.

[There's a lot of information already on the table. He might not have a military background grounding his vocabulary, but experience has made him effective and putting a lot of information in a few words.]

You'd rather tell me more about Vision and Wanda?

How would I know anything about them? They're not around.

[ and they're not on speaking terms. ]

When the league of doom aliens came it was me and Banner and two wizards. I don't know shit about the others, you know that.

I thought you might have a little more intel on the lead up though. Last time I saw Vision, there was no reason to believe Steve or Wanda would be a better line to Vision than you would be.

[So something changed there.]

Vision turned off his transponder, he's not responding. Not to me, anyway. I figured he's friendly with Wanda and the best way to contact Wanda was Rogers.

[ he shrugs ]

That's the only lead I had.

Fair enough. [Natasha would like more information, but that's true about the whole situation. It's far away, leaving her with partial info on a situation she can't do anything about.]

Thanks for catching me up.

I know it's not much.

[ pieces of a bigger puzzle, one that tony doesn't understand much, either. not yet. ]

I just thought - if Wonderland drags one of those ugly ass aliens here or if there's an event, you deserve to know.

If an alien shows up, they'll have a lot to deal with here. They'd be just as stuck as we are.

[Which isn't to say the possibility isn't here and doesn't set her teeth on edge.]

As for events... I try not to think about that.