[He has the strangest sensation when he hears that--something warm and tight wells in his chest and suddenly he is laughing without meaning to. He has to lower his head to keep from laughing in Darcy's face. It's just for a moment, before he stops and puts a hand to his chest. He's never done that before. How odd.]

My apologies. It's only...I did not know that story. [Even if he had spent more time with Thor, he doubts that is a tale the god would tell.] It may be the most absurd thing I've ever heard.

[And I live with a group super-powered humans with egos as overblown as their abilities, and the communications skills of a bunch of children. He thinks this. He almost says it. He doesn't.]

Do you--would you happen to have more stories like that? [He's genuinely curious. He has been a part of so few happy moments with any of the Avengers, he's eager hear from someone who knows at least one of them in a different light. And if speaking to him happens to get Darcy out of whatever place she was in when he found her, then that is a bonus.]