He accepts the offer with alacrity, coming up beside her and reaching for Sharon's hand with his right. Bucky holds on, running his thumb back and forth over her fingers as they walk.

Shuri leads them into the room that they've so painstakingly set up, swinging the gurney into position in front of the medical scanner with its hexagonal cells vibrating around the central display. A blue light starts to run over Sharon's body, and at the end of the table Ross startles.

"What are you doing?"

"Quiet, colonizer!" Shuri orders. "I am working."