Oh, is that all. [He grins humorlessly, but pushes back against the wall. Might as well get comfortable if he's telling this story again.]

I was on the main floor when Loki showed up. Fury'd called me down to get an update. Anyway, the Tesseract chooses that moment to go nuclear, this greasy-haired guy shows up and starts shooting down our men with his staff. I... I tried to get the jump on him...

[Here he falters a little. This is when it all goes a bit hazy in his memory, and it's not something he likes to dwell on.]