[ Unlike him, she very much wants to sit. Taking a place on his sofa, she leans forward, fingers loosely threaded in front of her as she rests her arms on her knees. She doesn't meet his gaze when she starts to talk. Can't, really. She's not going to get through this if she has to see the expressions chase across his face. ]

We divided into teams to go get the Soul Stones. Six Stones, three teams. There were three Stones in New York during the Chitauri invasion. There was one in Asgard. And there were two we hadn't encountered ourselves yet, that we had to travel to space to reach. Rhodey, Nebula, Clint and I went after those two. Rhodey and Nebula were retrieving the Power Stone, Clint and I went after the Soul Stone. It was the one we knew the least about. All we knew was that Thanos had retrieved it off the same planet with his daughter. They both went in there after it, but only he left.

[ She pauses, takes a deep breath, before continuing. ] When we got there, we found out why. The Stone had a guardian, some creepy wraith-like figure. The Soul Stone was powerful, and it would only allow itself to be retrieved with a price. A sacrifice of equal importance. The person who carried it away had to give up someone they loved. A soul for a soul.

[ She looks up to meet his gaze then, her eyes stinging. She offers Steve a crooked smile, wavering. Sad. ] Clint tried to make it him, but... We fought. I won.