The mother and daughter met and embraced. Jiaying gently stroked Skye's cheek with her fingers. "For all these decades, I thought about you every day, but I couldn't abandon my people..."
Skye wiped her eyes. "It's okay. I understand."
"How I wished I could have talked to you more about us, watched you grow up, and then guided you into joining us... But now, I have to shoulder my responsibilities."
Jiaying reluctantly let go of Skye and turned to Harry.
"Carl made many mistakes. We have always prided ourselves on doing what is right, and now I am handing him over to you for judgment, though it pains me." As Jiaying spoke, she looked at Johnson.
"I understand that the greater good must come first. I will hand him over to you—let Skye take him away."
The two of them appeared deeply emotional, but Harry only found the woman utterly insane.
Harry nodded. "Fine. Skye, take your father away."
Skye looked at her mother, then at Harry. Finally, she nodded and took her father away.
Johnson, however, seemed somewhat distracted.
After the father and daughter left the room, Harry sat down in a chair and formally began negotiations regarding the Inhumans.
Harry took the lead in finding a topic. "Ma'am, I looked through S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra's files. I know what they did to you. It was utterly monstrous—they will receive the punishment they deserve."
"If this long life has taught me anything, it is that you can never predict the evil people are capable of committing."
Jiaying's words carried profound meaning.
"I agree, ma'am. That is why I have strongly advocated for every nation to unite and completely uproot Hydra, this cancer, from Earth. I hope that will make you feel a little better.
"But whether it is S.H.I.E.L.D. or