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Is this thing recordi- Oh.

[Nate isn't really that good at introductions nor is he any good at handling the SmartPhone capabilities of his new communications, but he's been trying, and as he once overheard a fancy guy quote at a black market auction: to try is to live.

(At the time he'd been checking the lot list and privately drawing conclusions about why Jack Rackham was given an inlaid cross, when a man four feet away started telling a story about how his shitty French was insulted by a crêpe vendor and he paid some thugs to rough him up later. Rich people, right? The worst.)

What started out as blurry footage of worn boots turns into slightly-more-focused footage of Nate's face. He looks well enough, if windswept, though it is evident he is somewhere far from ground level if the small buildings behind him are any indication.]

For those of you who haven't met me yet, I'm Nathan Drake.

[Flawless introduction. Short and sweet.]

Just gonna throw a general question out there: is there a more...comprehensive version of the city map outside that mural? Does anyone go into the caves to try and get the lay of the land in detail? And, uh, follow-up: how opposed would anyone be to me updating that stuff?

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[He's not surprised than anyone as petite as this woman could teach impromptu courses - Nate has known many women with exceptional right hooks - and it occurs to him belatedly that it might actually be necessary here.

There are "monsters" he has yet to see, after all.]

A noble cause. [He laughs.] Anyone broken anything yet?

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Depends how you define it. But plenty of people have gotten hurt, so it seems like a good cause.

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[Nate, who has fallen through buildings and off of cliffs and managed to walk away with a bruise or three, does recognize that not every person is capable of surviving Extreme Situations. Also, some people are just luckier than others.]

So you...what, hold a weekly class somewhere? Is this what you do back home?

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No. Well—[Natasha stops briefly, thinking of the time she's spent training the newer Avengers to work as a team. She shrugs.] Not really. Mostly I meet up with people one on one on the regular. Back home, I was in intelligence.

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No offense, but you don't really give off a "Fed" vibe.

[Consider him fairly knowledgeable when it comes to having to work around agents. His line of work didn't used to be so respectable as it is now, and Nate's done his time waiting around in a federal prison before.]