"Good," she smiled. "That makes me glad. Everyone needs someone to listen, someone who won't judge them for the things they've done or who they've been." If anything, Roxie, who had so been judged by others, understood that better than most.

Living up to the name that Carol Danvers was hard enough, but having to struggle with being Captain America's kid would be even worse, she felt.

"Everything else there is to know, but I feel as though there's time enough to discover more about you, Joe." She shrugged lightly and added, "I've never really taken the time to have a discussion with a guy before, you know? A guy that I was inter - intrigued by, I mean." Intrigued was more ambiguous than interested, right? "Usually - and this was true even with Vincent - we did other things before getting to know each other. This was a nice change of pace."