He can't really disagree on it, now that she presents it like that. To even think that starting a confrontation like that with the Hulk on such a public and crowded place is borderlining on insane, but then again most of Ross's plans were. Tactical as he thought them, they invariably turned sour when he added a threatening or violent component, and then was always so surprised to see the other guy jump out. The situation quickly slipping from his control as the monster did from Bruce's own, like anything else the general seemed to come up with. "I know. I know what you mean, I just..."

Despite the moment, the light touch of her hand to his arm, it's her last words that set visible tension on his shoulders. Another innocent. And the name flashes through his mind as so many times before, his heart clenches in a numb way he's almost - almost - used to by now.

But no comment from him on that either. He just nods, eyes lowered from Natasha, and he says simply. "No. No, you're right."