[ She grins, falling back into an old habit of teasing him about it. Although that wasn't a lie, either. He did look good with the beard. ]
To start, yeah. I thought we could assess what she could do in the first few sessions and take it from there. I got the impression that she knows her way around a few weapons, but I suspect she's another one that hails from some version of Ye Olde Camelot, so some updated combat training probably wouldn't hurt.
You and everyone else. Guess I'm never gonna find the right partner at this rate.
[ Steve knows that Hilda is from the same place as Claude and has an idea of what their technology level is from that nightmare of Claude's that he'd unintentionally visited. It gives him an idea of what sort of training Natasha might have in mind for Hilda. ]
So like some of the training you gave me back when I was fresh out of the ice, except on steroids. Got it.
[ She blinks at that message for a moment in surprise, tipping her head to the side to consider her response before sending it. How to tease it, or even if she should. ]
Didn't realize that was a disqualification. Why you gotta be so picky, Rogers?
[ She knows he'll pick up on the humor there, even if it's just in text. ]
Hey, I'm not the one telling other people how to do their facial hair.
[ This is a conversation they never quite finished, even if it got dropped after the Snap for the most part. But he already explained to her about "shared life experience." He doubts she's forgotten despite how long it's been. ]
"Sort of?" I punched Hitler over 100 times, don't forget.
I didn't tell you HOW to do it. Just that the beard was nice. Which it is. The scruff looks good on you.
[ How much 'shared life' counts as experience at this point? Because she's pretty sure she's got all the Avengers beat hands down by now. And anyone else she can think of, for that matter.
...Then again, she sort of fails at the whole 'alive' part in general these days so maybe she just disqualified herself again anyway. ]
Maybe if you'd actually made contact on any of those punches, I would be way more impressed.
[ It's not like Natasha hadn't told him as much even when they were on the run, when he first grew the beard out. But he'll leave it at that, mainly because he's still not very good at taking compliments. ]
You know, it's actually kind of hard to pretend to punch someone.
Anyway, I'll definitely make sure to reach out to Hilda and organize a training schedule with her.
Oh, yeah. About that. She'll probably play hard to get, but I trust you to be convincing. Don't let her con you out of it by batting her eyelashes at you.
[ Is Steve even susceptible to that sort of thing? It doesn't work from her, of course, but he knows her too well by now. Better to warn him, just in case. ]
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[ Spoilers: he did anyway. ]
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[ It's probably a good thing he can't see the size of her grin right now. ]
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Anyway, what kind of training do you want me to put her through? Basic self-defense?
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[ She grins, falling back into an old habit of teasing him about it. Although that wasn't a lie, either. He did look good with the beard. ]
To start, yeah. I thought we could assess what she could do in the first few sessions and take it from there. I got the impression that she knows her way around a few weapons, but I suspect she's another one that hails from some version of Ye Olde Camelot, so some updated combat training probably wouldn't hurt.
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[ Steve knows that Hilda is from the same place as Claude and has an idea of what their technology level is from that nightmare of Claude's that he'd unintentionally visited. It gives him an idea of what sort of training Natasha might have in mind for Hilda. ]
So like some of the training you gave me back when I was fresh out of the ice, except on steroids. Got it.
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Didn't realize that was a disqualification. Why you gotta be so picky, Rogers?
[ She knows he'll pick up on the humor there, even if it's just in text. ]
At least you knew how to throw a punch. Sort of.
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[ This is a conversation they never quite finished, even if it got dropped after the Snap for the most part. But he already explained to her about "shared life experience." He doubts she's forgotten despite how long it's been. ]
"Sort of?" I punched Hitler over 100 times, don't forget.
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[ How much 'shared life' counts as experience at this point? Because she's pretty sure she's got all the Avengers beat hands down by now. And anyone else she can think of, for that matter.
...Then again, she sort of fails at the whole 'alive' part in general these days so maybe she just disqualified herself again anyway. ]
Maybe if you'd actually made contact on any of those punches, I would be way more impressed.
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You know, it's actually kind of hard to pretend to punch someone.
Anyway, I'll definitely make sure to reach out to Hilda and organize a training schedule with her.
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[ Is Steve even susceptible to that sort of thing? It doesn't work from her, of course, but he knows her too well by now. Better to warn him, just in case. ]
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[ Understatement of the year. ]
I'll let you know how the first session goes.
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It's why I asked you. Sam wouldn't last five minutes before caving, the softie.
Good luck. [ He might need it. ]