[ speaking so candidly is nothing easy for her. it shows in the little ways in which she expresses her strain. peggy carries it in her posture and in the frost of her voice. but she at least glances over her shoulder to let him in one one secret or another. they now inhabit a crisis, and being coy about her position won't help anyone. ] Agent Carter will do.
[ a pause-- ] Beg your pardon, but I confess I can't quite parse out your own rank. What do civilians call you?
[ not that she is absolutely a civilian. but she isn't interested in what members of his own organization call him -- that isn't her place. ]
no subject
[ speaking so candidly is nothing easy for her. it shows in the little ways in which she expresses her strain. peggy carries it in her posture and in the frost of her voice. but she at least glances over her shoulder to let him in one one secret or another. they now inhabit a crisis, and being coy about her position won't help anyone. ] Agent Carter will do.
[ a pause-- ] Beg your pardon, but I confess I can't quite parse out your own rank. What do civilians call you?
[ not that she is absolutely a civilian. but she isn't interested in what members of his own organization call him -- that isn't her place. ]