Things had been...not better. But something. She'd been willing to talk and that had been a start. And now by the whims of the seal she was gone and there were many people that would say it was fitting that he lose someone he cared about.
"Right. So she's gone, just taken away back to all that and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. And you decided you had to be the one to tell me because what, you're the only one I wouldn't try to kill, is that it? And of course that's why you have Romanoff hanging around. Just in case, right?"
"You can go, if you want. You've done your part, you've told me, and look, you're not dead. You can go and forget you had to meet me. Good all round, right?"