Like the ideals for which he stands, his smile shines as bright as ever it did. "Nothing wrong with enjoying most things on their own merits," he agrees.

"What a time for no one to have a camera phone handy," he mock-sighs. Following the direction of Verity's gaze, he answers the unasked question: "SHIELD reports, encrypted to look like junk mail. What they think of down in R&D."