“Yeah? I guess going off-world is getting pretty popular…now…” Maria joked at Fury’s sudden absence, with the mess of what is left on the world. Maria leaned closer to the photo of Kora and she couldn’t help but grin, Kora’s giant smile was infectious. It was hard to believe that was the same Kora who had been such a headache for SHIELD for a bit. Kora’s name and story did precede her but Maria hadn’t put a face to her until now. “I always thought Kora was such a cool name.” She leaned back from looking at the photo. “My sister has a cool name like that too, much cooler than mine… but she’s just like an actuary, a total nerd, seriously, it makes no sense. How does that happen?” Maria laughed and took a sip of her beer.
“How come you’re here and they’re … there…?” She struggled for a better word to ask her question.
And there is perhaps the oddest part of this conversation. There's so much that Maria already knows without having to be told. Kora's story is only known to people within SHIELD and a few others who needed to know for security reasons; to the rest of the world, she's just Daisy's sister, the two of them finally reunited after a lifetime apart.
Kora's smile is infectious, and it's a good sign that Maria is still influenced by it. The expression is genuine, she can tell, and it looks good on her. The former SHIELD agent certainly deserves more reasons to smile, given everything.
"Well, with everyone coming back..." She shrugs, letting it show how she's also struggling with how to phrase things. "I felt like I needed to be here to help. And it was time to let Kora fly on her own for a bit, even though we still talk every day."
It makes her wonder about the sister Maria mentioned, but instead of setting it aside, she just asks. "Are you and your sister close?"
“Yeah, well, that’s good that someone like you wanted to stick around. No one ever prepared for anyone to go come back but I guess, why would they? But, I’ve always heard good things about you. Is that creepy, it is … was … work related.” She paused thinking about how strange everything just was now. “Which reminds me…” She smirked just thinking about what she was about to ask Daisy. “What terrible thing did you do that Coulson saddled you with this unfortunate favor?” Maria understood though, she would do anything Coulson asked personally or professionally.
It was weird to talk with someone about family who wasn’t in her family, she was of course for safety reasons a very private person. But there was just something about the look on Kora’s face in that photo that just made her feel like should could mention it. Plus now it was like she had to talk about them to help restore some order in her life. Plus, she figured Daisy had to be in the same boat about keeping her family stuff close to her chest. “When we were kids yes, but she has a family and I’m always working and then you know the Blip so… but I think so, I should probably figure that out… But we do both work in forms risk assessment, I guess—albeit very different. Are you and Kora close? Are you keeping in touch while she’s off world?”
It really is a weird situation they're in. Knowing each other but not knowing each other, just slowly piecing things together as they go while not fully touching on why they've finally met each other. Their lives have been full of strange things, from aliens to shady organizations and everything in-between, but it's the socially strange element that feels hardest to deal with.
Daisy guesses from the way Maria phrased things that her sister didn't disappear too. If she had, they would have something more to bond over, whereas now there's probably some distance between them that feels insurmountable. But hopefully, they manage to find a way around it and back to each other.
"Yeah, Kora and I are close," she confirms with a nod, leaning against the island counter. "It took a while for us to get there, but now we're family, and it's like we always have been. Coulson's the person I'm closest to, though. We would do anything for each other — which is why I agreed to this favor when he asked. Besides, you know Coulson. He gives you that look and there's no telling him no."
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“How come you’re here and they’re … there…?” She struggled for a better word to ask her question.
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Kora's smile is infectious, and it's a good sign that Maria is still influenced by it. The expression is genuine, she can tell, and it looks good on her. The former SHIELD agent certainly deserves more reasons to smile, given everything.
"Well, with everyone coming back..." She shrugs, letting it show how she's also struggling with how to phrase things. "I felt like I needed to be here to help. And it was time to let Kora fly on her own for a bit, even though we still talk every day."
It makes her wonder about the sister Maria mentioned, but instead of setting it aside, she just asks. "Are you and your sister close?"
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It was weird to talk with someone about family who wasn’t in her family, she was of course for safety reasons a very private person. But there was just something about the look on Kora’s face in that photo that just made her feel like should could mention it. Plus now it was like she had to talk about them to help restore some order in her life. Plus, she figured Daisy had to be in the same boat about keeping her family stuff close to her chest. “When we were kids yes, but she has a family and I’m always working and then you know the Blip so… but I think so, I should probably figure that out… But we do both work in forms risk assessment, I guess—albeit very different. Are you and Kora close? Are you keeping in touch while she’s off world?”
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Daisy guesses from the way Maria phrased things that her sister didn't disappear too. If she had, they would have something more to bond over, whereas now there's probably some distance between them that feels insurmountable. But hopefully, they manage to find a way around it and back to each other.
"Yeah, Kora and I are close," she confirms with a nod, leaning against the island counter. "It took a while for us to get there, but now we're family, and it's like we always have been. Coulson's the person I'm closest to, though. We would do anything for each other — which is why I agreed to this favor when he asked. Besides, you know Coulson. He gives you that look and there's no telling him no."