[That also sounds fairly uncorroborated to Natasha's ears. That doesn't make it useless as far as intel goes, but it does ask for a certain amount of verification as far as due diligence goes.

Of course, at the moment there's no reason to believe it's not the case either.]

Maybe they didn't have anywhere else to go.

[She muses, but doesn't let herself dwell on the possibility.]

I suppose I should introduce myself—and apologize for the intrusion. Even if it wasn't exactly the plan.

Natasha Romanoff. I'd say it's nice to meet you, but under the circumstances... I would have preferred to be wearing a shirt.