"Every piece of information has a price. If you want to know about the Immortal Man, and why I'm attacking Lighthouse Base, you'll have to offer payment that satisfies me," the Emperor said. "Who do you think guided Agent Maria Hill to Lighthouse Base? I thought Lighthouse Base would matter more to you than snooping around this estate, because that's where the Immortal Man is. Your behavior now tells me you knew nothing about it."
Nick Fury shrugged, looking entirely unconcerned about the Emperor manipulating Maria Hill and attacking Lighthouse Base, nor did he seem worried for the safety of Agent Coulson's team, the world's only remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. "Then enlighten me," he said. "You've always wanted me to face reality, haven't you?"
"I don't have time to play word games with you, Nick Fury." The Emperor pointed at the river, which had returned to calm. "My adopted daughter is still waiting for a fish to bite. She's been waiting for hours, and my wife certainly doesn't want us coming home with empty buckets. Am I right, Milia?" The girl nodded vigorously. Sitting on a little stool, she turned and waved enthusiastically at the stranger. Even Nick Fury could not hold a grudge against a child. All he could do was glare viciously at the Emperor. Before Nick Fury could completely lose his patience, the Emperor flicked his fishing rod, secretly dropping the fish he had caught into Milia's bucket as he lowered his voice. "Do you know where the Immortal Man came from?"
"Observers sent to Earth by aliens thirty thousand years ago."
"Yes, but the two Immortal Men inside Lighthouse Base are not all of them. You did not understand the society of these biomechanical constructs, nor their operating principles or thought processes, yet you made an agreement