[ Oh, it was certainly the time he spent around the tesseract. Barton was a stronger man mentally than Selvig as well. Loki should have handled this months ago, but he knew the man was pleased when his death was announced, and he didn't exactly want to cause the old man further pain.

Still, he nodded when she spoke. ]

It is more than adequate to get us both there and back. However, I should point out, the man still thinks I am dead, this could make him worse.