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1. leave prompts, pictures, or anything you like, really.
2. well when you say it like that it sounds stupid
3. okay, this looks bad.

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this is what happens when you eat so much junk food

[blowncovers]

[That's one way to put it.

Even in a daze, she's coming around--Natasha has never been one to stay down for long, it's a good way to get yourself killed. Even when you're young, if you grew up in the Red Room.

She grabs his wrist in both small hands, eyes snapping open--there's no recognition in her eyes, just suspicion and fear, and when she speaks it's with the slightest hint of an accent that, at that age, she hadn't quite trained herself out of.

She doesn't know this man. She doesn't know why there would be an American in the Red Room, there's almost never any men to begin with unless they're training, learning how to disarm and disable opponents far larger and stronger than they are.

Usually she's good at it, but she feels too weak to do it now. Everything hurts and she doesn't know why.]

Who are you?

his snacking habits have nothing to do with stretching.

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[ Her grip isn't the same as it was not less than a half hour ago. It's still pretty tough for a small fry, but it isn't like Clint couldn't get away if he had to. He doesn't want it to come to that though, so he raises his other, free hand, in a gesture of surrender. ]

My name's Clint. What's yours?

[ He's good at thinking on his feet. Good at sussing out a situation before it goes to hell and then even after sometimes. Now is one of those after times. He doesn't even hesitate. ]

I heard something, you looked like you might be hurt. I was just checking, that's all.