"They're flying in a Dr Selvig to consult," he continues, leaning against the wall and folding his arms. "Apparently he's SHIELD's expert on the device that sent you here. I'm meeting with him tomorrow." After years of determinedly avoiding the communication stones unless it was important, being back on Earth had been exceptionally strange.

He nods. "There was a message for you, actually," he confirms, and quotes directly with a raised eyebrow; "'Missing you already, Foxy, send me a postcard or something'."