"Thank you. I'm not really ready to discuss it. I left out a lot of things just now and I'll tell them to you later, when I can." he said.

He started to reach for her as she walked away but quickly withdrew when she sat down across from him. He thought she might not tell him what happened, but he listened silently as she recounted what happened to her. Yes, Joe knew that Roxie enjoyed the company of me but that was no reason for anyone, Earthly or otherwise, to judge her. That was no reason for anyone to try to use her for breeding or any other purpose that she didn't consent to.

And the Kree had tried to use her that way. It made Joe angry enough to punch out the next Kree he saw here on Earth.

"Hey, you stop that right now. You did nothing wrong, Roxanne. Those idiots from Hala, or wherever, are the ones in the wrong. You live your life the way you want to live it and you don't let anyone tell you different." Joe said, laying a hand over hers. He looked straight into her eyes.

"Change because /you/ want to, not because someone thinks poorly of your life. I hope I see that girl I used to know. She was pretty amazing and she's one of the best people I ever met." Joe said.

"We're a real pair, aren't we?"