He replied "I learned I'm not quite as strong as Cap at that HYDRA base. Quite frankly I'm okay with that. Its poetic justice that the cheap knockoff can't outdo the original."
"The math on the shield throws confuses the hell outta me but one thing makes sense. If a bad guys face is in range the shield can reach out and touch em and then go back to Cap. I've been able to get one way shots like that with my ballistic knives. I think its the trajectory and exact force he uses."
He looked towards the floor when the last mission was mentioned and said "Not so much a mission and getting HYDRA goons appearing out of nowhere. If the Red Skull hadn't been there, Viper would be dead. Still can't figure out why he took a bullet for her." He brought a briefcase over from by the water cooler and showed her the custom arsenal he'd put together. Guns that could kill that were also designed to fire nonlethal rounds. And his trademark ballistic knives, two of them modified to fire darts coated with a sedative.
"Being an Avenger is better than the firing squad I would have gotten. Kinda hard to be squeaky clean when I'm called Reaper and wear a skull facemask. I made myself a new suit, all black leather and reinforced with carbon fiber and kevlar. Getting the facemask to look streamlined was a pain but I think I've got my costume presentable. Looks better than the crap HYDRA gave me. Besides, if I screw up there are people who would take a number to beat my face in. Fury said Contessa would off me if he thought I was backsliding. But no pressure, right?"