Maria was trained to see the big picture. It was why she'd become the youngest and only woman to have been Assistant Director of SHIELD. She would have to completely reprogram how she thought in order to do as Ray suggested, and she knew it.
She huffed in wry amusement. "Food for thought, doc," she said as they got the branches in place. "Thanks." The gratitude might have been for more than just teaching her how to build a shelter.