Upside is, I still have the other hand to flip off anything going bump in the night.

[ Claire grins, then purses her lips and shifts her weight. ]

Listen... You know Coulson, right? Can you tell me if he's okay? Dean mentioned he got hurt and it sounded pretty serious, but he couldn't give me anything else, like whether he... uhm. Survived.

[ The tough girl act slides sideways a little bit. Claire usually puts up a pretty good front of being tough, but there are moments when her 20 years shine through, when there's something unsure and almost afraid in her eyes. Like when she worries about someone and expects bad news. ]