[ It hurts more than she guessed it would, hearing that Steve had died. In fact, for a moment, it all feels surreal, as though Loki is simply playing a prank, as though this other universe is the lie that Steve and Tony want to believe that it is. But Natasha trades in lies, and she knows that lies are prettier than this. ]

Rogers gave the U.N. the slip, and Red Skull has been dead for over seventy years. [ Loki has been believed dead for a while now too, though, so Natasha knows as she says it that dead doesn't always mean dead in this business. After all, HYDRA had survived like a cockroach, with or without the Red Skull. ] You'll be happy to know your brother stayed out of the whole thing.