[ -- perhaps he's right. perhaps she should be proud. but the circumstances still keep her up at night. sharon's not her direct descendant, but rather the granddaughter of a brother she'd assumed dead. a brother who therefore must be alive somewhere back home. where? why hasn't he come to her?

peggy shakes her head; now isn't the time to wrestle with those demons. ]

There aren't, no. [ no guarantees at all, in fact. ] But if I understand SHIELD correctly [ intelligence work; spycraft ] then our work also doesn't lend much patience for listening to near-strangers tell you about your own life.

[ you know, he's been so forthcoming all on his own. peggy didn't think she'd tell this much -- but maybe he deserves a bit of quid pro quo for how readily he'd answered her interrogation earlier. ]

I don't much care for being recognized. Rather feels a bit like failure.

[ like a cover being blown. ]