[ That's fair enough. She knows a man who's fought when she sees one and who is she to press him back into another world's conflict when he doesn't even know it? Morningstar's ranks have been decimated in the wake of the September raids, it's true, and she and Leo Fitz are working to rebuild the network of intelligence and operatives as best they can. But it's a process that cannot be rushed or forced.
So she leaves it. A little. ]
We'd all like to go home, [ she tells him evenly, ] and we're working on it. As a colleague of mine has said, if there was a way in, there must be a way out. As Morningstar has the most extensive reach when it comes to unfiltered, often confidential, information, it's likely the best answers will come out of their β our β network.
[ Our. Because she joined up for that reason as well as to see this world fixed (or at least, better than how they found it). It's idealistic, maybe. But despite a life in the war, she hasn't lost that part of herself yet. ]
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So she leaves it. A little. ]
We'd all like to go home, [ she tells him evenly, ] and we're working on it. As a colleague of mine has said, if there was a way in, there must be a way out. As Morningstar has the most extensive reach when it comes to unfiltered, often confidential, information, it's likely the best answers will come out of their β our β network.
[ Our. Because she joined up for that reason as well as to see this world fixed (or at least, better than how they found it). It's idealistic, maybe. But despite a life in the war, she hasn't lost that part of herself yet. ]