Re: Dinah + Maria
It was truly amazing, how many of these things the Director of SHIELD needed to put in an appearance at; many of them, she was even comfortable with. This wasn't like the official Congressional recognition of the Fourth, which involved far too much God-Bless-Americas for her taste. This was basically a group of heroes, all people who knew a particular time-traveler, and who she somehow knew as well, getting together and having burgers and hot dogs on a grill. She just also happened to be here to keep a general eye on things.
Armed with a plate containing some of the above, and letting a glass of beer dangle almost casually from her hand, Maria made a circuit of the perimeter, and outright perked up as the recognized at least one person. "Hey," she said as she came up alongside Dinah. "Good shindig," she added as she found a place to set her beer and dug up a handful of chips.