Email from Phil Coulson to Clint

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To: [Barton, Clinton]
From: [Coulson, Phillip J.]
Subject: Alaska

I trust you'll pass this along to Romanoff and the rest of the group you took with you. I look forward to receiving your after-action; please have someone else proofread it and remove any of your atrocious text-speak shorthand first?

Hendrickson is...physically fine, if in need of a drastic amount of therapy. Yes, he still hates you, it would be best if you didn't try to contact him.

We're currently in the process of checking the Barrow facility to see what it was your opponent was after, any light you could shed on the subject would be appreciated.

Since this was not an officially sanctioned op, I'm not able to reimburse you the way we normally would for independent operators. However, you should be receiving a courier package with a number of Starbucks gift cards in lieu of payment. I trust you'll put them to good use.

Thank you for being willing to go to such lengths on the thinnest of suspicions, and thank you for coming through in the clutch.

R/S,
Phillip Coulson