Sloane is experienced enough not to ask "Cloning Thor?!?" , but he does think of Allison Doren and wonders whether Thor is a code name for someone superhero who has been doubled the way Sloane had created a double for Sydney's friend Francie.
Mostly, though, he's impressed Scott picked up the reference. The occasional frustrating thing about CIA and terrorist organizations alike was that they tended to be hideously undereducated these days.
"Odin traded one of his eyes for wisdom, which I suppose makes us both blind in some regards and seeing in others," he says, referring to the equally one eyed Cyclops of Greek myth. "But I'm glad you approve."
He doesn't mention that Odin did choose to make Loki his blood brother and chose trickery and deceit with it, on quite a lot of occasions; Scott does know his myths, after all, and besides, what he says next is amusing and touching at the same time. No prices for guessing Marvel Girl was a lost love.
"I might have been an adult when I met my late wife," Sloane says, and remembers Emily, and that day in Washington, "but there was running into a pole involved nonetheless. Laughter is one of the better beginnings of a relationship, in my experience."
Then he gets asked about Logan. His expression loses its wistfulness, conjured up by the memory of Emily and young love - for someone who used to be on the Most Wanted List, Sloane can be surprisingly sentimental at times - but retains the amusement. It isn't even feigned, though there is something edgy in it.
"Ah, yes. Quite an interesting encounter. He offered" - one can here the quotes in the phrase coming up now - "'best buddy' terms, but I think we came to an agreement that it was a bit too early for that and a leisurely pace was far more suitable."
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Date: 2007-06-22 07:04 pm (UTC)Mostly, though, he's impressed Scott picked up the reference. The occasional frustrating thing about CIA and terrorist organizations alike was that they tended to be hideously undereducated these days.
"Odin traded one of his eyes for wisdom, which I suppose makes us both blind in some regards and seeing in others," he says, referring to the equally one eyed Cyclops of Greek myth. "But I'm glad you approve."
He doesn't mention that Odin did choose to make Loki his blood brother and chose trickery and deceit with it, on quite a lot of occasions; Scott does know his myths, after all, and besides, what he says next is amusing and touching at the same time. No prices for guessing Marvel Girl was a lost love.
"I might have been an adult when I met my late wife," Sloane says, and remembers Emily, and that day in Washington, "but there was running into a pole involved nonetheless. Laughter is one of the better beginnings of a relationship, in my experience."
Then he gets asked about Logan. His expression loses its wistfulness, conjured up by the memory of Emily and young love - for someone who used to be on the Most Wanted List, Sloane can be surprisingly sentimental at times - but retains the amusement. It isn't even feigned, though there is something edgy in it.
"Ah, yes. Quite an interesting encounter. He offered" - one can here the quotes in the phrase coming up now - "'best buddy' terms, but I think we came to an agreement that it was a bit too early for that and a leisurely pace was far more suitable."