[ She lets him take his time; doesn't press, doesn't rush. People seem to have the assumption that one must always be ready to do such things as an intelligence operative, but Peggy doesn't treat her friends like marks. She recognises the value of being confided in like this, just as Fitz had done with her a few days prior — and just as she'd listened without judgement then, so does she here.

Trust is a hard thing for people like them, the lives they've lived, the worlds they've come from. But when all they have is each other in this world, you learn to open up a little more to survive. She's still learning. ]

I'm sure you remember more than you think. All it takes is a little music jog the reflexes. [ It's been years since she's done more than sway in a slow circle to some torch song. There's a stretch of silence and she adds, voice softer, ] I've spent some time in Russia. It wasn't really the time or place to soak in the culture, though. Beyond the language.

[ The war being what it was. ]

Do you speak it?