I didn't like the practice ° but that was at first glance.

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They only bring her out when they need extra insurance, but never one to look a gifthorse in the mouth, Natalia is all too happy with the prospect of helping to keep S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most valuable asset in line. She's afraid to be too cheerful however, as though her own keepers didn't already know she preferred to be outside the facility, at least every now and then. She ties her hair into a tight bun with a red ribbon and gets in her little black car.

By the time she shows up at his apartment it's mid-evening, maybe 7 o'clock. She doesn't greet him at the door but rather barges in in that very Prussian way. She has thick black winged eyeliner on but no other makeup and under her calf-skin jacket are light barre clothes, her point shoes in one hand and plain white keds on her feet. When she speaks she speaks in a heavy Russian accent, though her annunciation makes her fairly easy to follow.

"Your agent told you I was coming for a sitting, yes?" A confirmation she doesn't seem to need as she turns away from him and moves to sit on his couch presumptuously, flicking off her sneakers and beginning to lace up her shoes.

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[valuedstrength]

"I'll take your word for it, ma'am." Steve replies as he tries to carefully follow her movement from stretching to that simple barre using small figures. It is not an easy task when her eyes catch his. She really does have striking features. Kate really did a solid by him. "I'm afraid I haven't had the pleasure."

[relicta]

"Lucky for you," she declares, and like everything else she says there can be no room for argument. Feeling sufficiently warmed up, she moves into a full Arabesque to hold for a few minutes. She never once looks like this is taxing her, though she is silent for the next little moment as well.

[valuedstrength]

Steve initially works quickly since he can't be sure she can hold the pose. The model quickly surprises him by holding it past that initial sixty seconds. He's able to effectively add in all the details including a light touch of red to further highlight that who exactly the model is. It's not something he can normally pull off so he's smiling by the end of it.

"This is great. What else have you got for me, Ms....?" Steve realizes now he never actually asked Kate for her name. That was incredibly rude of him.