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That makes strip poker a whole lot more complicated. Where do all them extra clothes come from, for one?

There are no extra clothes.

[And because she's cocky...]

We just play normal poker and I take all of your money.

In your dreams, chere.

And if you're dreamin' bout me, m'surprised they involve wearing clothes at all!

You don't want to charge straight in?

[Whoa there, Daisy. That's his favorite strategy. He seems confused by the delay.]

They won't be expecting it.

Do you say this to all the girls you try to lure into playing strip poker with?

Are you kidding me?

[Daisy turned to look at him and judging by the look on his face, he wasn't. He was actually serious.]

That's exactly what they would expect right now. No offense, but you're kind of hard not to spot.

[Daisy peered out of the spot they were hiding in, then the other way to see that no one was coming from the left.]

Come on. Let's go this way.

[Staying close to the wall, Daisy started move towards the left side of the building.]

Not all of em. Some don't say No th first time.

[His brow furrows slightly.]

Why would that offend me?

[There's nothing inherently wrong with being easy to spot. Stealth is not a skill Asgardians typically cultivate. Loki manages, but even he relies on illusions. Thor rolls his shoulders, briefly rubbing the back of his neck. Grateful to be out of the confined space they were concealed in. There's nothing wrong with being in close quarters with Daisy, but stooping to fit there was giving him a cramp.]

Happy to follow your strategy.

[Not that she gave him much choice there. And he doesn't mean to disrupt her smooth Natasha-like approach to the enemy stronghold, but there's a certain subject he's been meaning to broach since they joined forces.]

Sif said you are an Inhuman?

[True to her word, that's all Lady Sif said. Thor and his friends protect the Nine Realms in very different ways, and more often these days, against different threats. He doesn't share Sif's opinion in all things.]

Must suck when they do, I'm sure.

[Fake sympathy is fake.]

So you up for playing regular poker or not?

[Daisy just turns to look at him briefly at his confusion.]

Never mind. It doesn't matter.

[She didn't draw her gun just yet. Not when she had a more powerful weapon that didn't need to be reloaded. Pausing briefly when she thought she heard someone coming, Daisy is about to start walking again when Thor hits her with something she had been expecting him to ask about.]

Uh. Yeah.

[Looking at him Daisy wondered if he was okay with that or not.]

Is that okay or is it going to be a problem?

[Better not be a problem right now.]

Good thing I got thick skin, oui?

[He does seem rather unfazed, and amused]

Alright. We'll just play regular poker.

Not a problem, as far as I can see. You're protecting this world even now. Unless this is something you do only for your own people?

[He doubts it. At no point has she given him the impression she's unwilling to help whoever needs helping.]

And I think I'm about to find out whether you have control of your powers.

[He doesn't mean the arrogance. He doesn't mean to sit in judgment of everything Daisy is. He means it playfully. If he still sounds superior (he does) then that's just because sounding otherwise would break a habit of many, many years.]

I guess so.

[Since he's got the cards, Daisy leaves it to him to shuffle them.]

What kind do you want to play?

I guess that makes two of us then.

[Considering they both aliens to this world, sort of. Daisy was about to give him a look, even if he was being sarcastic, but right now she was too focused on the sounds of people running towards them. As soon as she first spotted one of the HYDRA agents, Daisy grabs their arm and disarms them of their gun before swinging them around head first into the wall.

They've barely dropped to the ground before the second one approaches and she uses her power to send them flying into their backup.]

I've been practicing.

[See? She can do the whole sarcastic banter too.]