Natasha gives him a narrow-eyed smirk, acknowledging the little tease but letting it go for now. There's an undeniable amount of surprise there when he says that he had served in the Confederacy, because she knew he was old but she didn't think he was that old. "Well. If it makes you feel better, I don't think I'd ever been discharged from the KGB." Although it's because she had killed the man who could officially discharge her. Semantics.
"Major Jasper Whitlock," she repeats back to him with playful air, looking both impressed and amused all at once. She takes a few steps forward to grab the other chair, mimicking him in the way that she turns it and sits down to face him. "That's got a nice ring to it, I'll admit." She pauses for a moment before she shrugs a single shoulder, as if having just convinced herself of something silently. "Natalia Romanova." She gives him an almost sheepish smile, brushing her hair behind her ear nervously. "Natasha Romanoff is more Americanized, they said that I would fit in better that way." The smile fades, and her gaze falls for a moment before returning. "I changed it when I joined SHIELD after switching sides. At least, that was the intention."
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"Major Jasper Whitlock," she repeats back to him with playful air, looking both impressed and amused all at once. She takes a few steps forward to grab the other chair, mimicking him in the way that she turns it and sits down to face him. "That's got a nice ring to it, I'll admit." She pauses for a moment before she shrugs a single shoulder, as if having just convinced herself of something silently. "Natalia Romanova." She gives him an almost sheepish smile, brushing her hair behind her ear nervously. "Natasha Romanoff is more Americanized, they said that I would fit in better that way." The smile fades, and her gaze falls for a moment before returning. "I changed it when I joined SHIELD after switching sides. At least, that was the intention."