Phil: This is Soviet black ops jewelry. Only guys ever got to wear it were assassins working out of the Red Room. You’ll remember those guys, right?
Natasha: This is ridiculous. The Red Room no longer exists.
Phil: Yeah, right— as far as that goes. But in the intelligence community, nothing ever really dies. And Nat… nobody who’s still breathing ever really gets to retire.
From Black Widow: Homecoming #3, by Richard K. Morgan and Goran Parlov.
