"Listen, I'm not usually the kind to give pep talks - hell, Coulson's generally giving them to me, not the other way around - but I think you have the potential to be more, to have more, than this right here, and I'm giving you the chance to take it."

She looked up at him with defiant eyes and for a second he thought he was a goner - he'd finally screwed up so badly that he'd wind up dead on the floor of this warehouse with a bullet between his eyes.

She surprised him when she held out her hand, and with a desperate look upon her face, said, "Yes, I want to take it."