（ so, she guards him on approach. he's faster and stronger, but all that means is that she'll have to be sneakier about it. the fun thing about barnes is that he knows who she is and what she can do as much as the reverse is true — so she doesn't have to play it coy with him, she can just go for it. but first: she wants to learn how he plays.

which means she's doing that uncanny trick you learn in martial arts where you sort of let your attention unfocus and drift so you're seeing more than just the flick of a hand or the pivot of a foot. ​​ ）

I'd say it's more the fact there's only so many things that can come from Earth that we haven't seen before. Aliens are — you know... logical, from that view.

（ she catches the ball as it loses its momentum after the shot, and points for him to back off to the other side of the court. no cheating in this house, barnes. ）

Besides, I'd rather deal with them than magic. I've had enough magic to last me a lifetime.

（ ha, ha, because she died for a magical macguffin, get it? ）