"It'd be nice if I could," Nicky replied. "It's something I've been working on ever since I came back to the Avengers, but all avenues seem closed." Though there was that new Valkyrie he'd heard about. He'd been meaning to visit her one of these days. Maybe she had a way in.

Or not.

Samantha Parrington had been working with him as well, and they hadn't come up with anything yet. Though he didn't show it to anyone, Nicky was on the verge of losing hope here.

For some odd reason, Nicky was more than happy to take the world's problems on his shoulders, but he could never unload his on anyone.

"For a friend and a teammate? There's always time, Mira." Most of what Nicky did in his freetime was help people out. This was on a more personal level, and he was more than happy to help. "Just let me know whatever fits your schedule. I'll be sure to be free then."