"I'll remember that, Roxie. Someday, I'll tell you." Joe said, accepting the squeeze of his hand and returning it with one of his own. Her words encouraged Joe and made him feel somewhat better, even though he knew deep down that he couldn't have known what would happen back then. He'd done the best he could with the information he had and gone from there.

Still, it was nice to know that someone didn't immediately see him as the bad guy.

"Are you seeing anyone? I just realized that it was presumptive of me to ask you to show me around sometime without making sure I don't step on someone's toes. I don't want to start any trouble or even give the appearance of starting trouble." Joe told her as he tried to sound less awkward than he knew he was sounding right now.

"We're friends and I want to respect that by not assuming that you're just free to hang out because I am." Joe said.

"Please tell me this isn't sounding like a come-on because the level of awkward is ratcheting up faster than tensions during a Galactus invasion."