[Fitz & Simmons]I know you've already seen the announcement, but I wanted to say something personally.
Neither of you need to forgive, or forget. I understand if you don't, and I wouldn't blame you. I don't expect you to look the other way, and if you're angry for the call I made, I understand that, too. If you want me to, I can tell you my reasoning, and why Ward is still alive. We ran through a lot of them.
But in the end it boils down to us being here, in a place where things that happened at home haven't happened yet, and being in a place where Ward is no threat and has a shot at being someone better. At home, SHIELD is Hydra. Somewhere along the way we became something we never wanted to be. Here, I don't want to be the kind who puts down a former teammate, even when he's not a threat.
If he becomes a danger though, we're still the kind of people who protect our own, and those who need it, though. Whatever else we are.