[ She wouldn't dish it out if she didn't think he could handle it. Unsurprisingly, most people in her life seem to be cut from similar cloth and she wouldn't have it any other way. Meeting the Golden Deer in many ways had only solidified her desire to be around people that accepted her the way she was.

The dramatics are met with barely concealed delight as she lamely attempts to bite back the smile threatening to show. The entrance stairs they ascend will eventually give way to the marketplace. While normally bustling, the stands are quiet today, devoid of what would normally hustle and bustle of merchants.

There's a bit of a whine in her voice as she juts her lip out a little further. ]

You could have absolutely done something. I know you have no sway over Natasha but Steve listens to you, doesn't he? Did you know that he showed up at my apartment and carried me to the training grounds?

[ She attempts to make it sound like that's somehow the worst thing that's ever happened to her when the opposite is probably true. ]