Natasha exhaled slowly through her nose at his words, though she lifted the sandwich for another bite, and mostly to think, before allowing herself to speak. The thing about Clint was that he was understanding. Perhaps even more so than Rogers, which was saying quite a bit. Her continued existence alone was proof of that, and still she hesitated.
"Time is different here," she said finally. "The doors, like the one you came through, seem to open at random for everyone on their initial visit. No one knows why or how, or who controls it, but there are people here from God knows how many different universes, and some from ours. From the same universe as you and I, I mean, but sometimes people come through at different points in time. It's 2014 where I came from most recently, but when I first arrived here, it was from a door in New York. In 2012. I was here for two months, then found my door home and returned. No time had passed on that side. I was there for two years, and found my way back here again. Entirely by accident."
She sat the sandwich down on the plate and began to neatly rip it into bite sized pieces. A hard thing to do, considering the condiments that leaked out of the sides, but she made swift enough work of it. "Rogers is here, from the same time as me. Thor and Jane Foster, from a time after New York, I think, but I haven't gotten to talk to either of them. I hear Tony is here as well, probably Bruce. Loki, too. But when I first arrived here, he was from a time before what happened in New York. I think he's been playing around in the doors, maybe doing what he did just before the attack on New York, but I've been talking to him. He released you, as a favor to me."
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"Time is different here," she said finally. "The doors, like the one you came through, seem to open at random for everyone on their initial visit. No one knows why or how, or who controls it, but there are people here from God knows how many different universes, and some from ours. From the same universe as you and I, I mean, but sometimes people come through at different points in time. It's 2014 where I came from most recently, but when I first arrived here, it was from a door in New York. In 2012. I was here for two months, then found my door home and returned. No time had passed on that side. I was there for two years, and found my way back here again. Entirely by accident."
She sat the sandwich down on the plate and began to neatly rip it into bite sized pieces. A hard thing to do, considering the condiments that leaked out of the sides, but she made swift enough work of it. "Rogers is here, from the same time as me. Thor and Jane Foster, from a time after New York, I think, but I haven't gotten to talk to either of them. I hear Tony is here as well, probably Bruce. Loki, too. But when I first arrived here, he was from a time before what happened in New York. I think he's been playing around in the doors, maybe doing what he did just before the attack on New York, but I've been talking to him. He released you, as a favor to me."