Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, S.H.I.E.L.D's certified technoscientific geniuses, are examining the Tesseract. True to its name, it appears to be capable of manipulating spacetime in more than the usual 3+1 dimensions. That goes part of the way to explaining why it emanates a tetrahedron of warped space whose edges crackle with the blue light of energy rushing down some sort of hyperspatial gradient, but Bruce is still very surprised when it hits him.
She frowns. "Yes, I did skim through that. It's...pretty far outside my training, honestly, it's not exactly something that happens normally here! For the aspect that's more, um, related to the degree of divide you have with Chaos, as opposed to the physical aspect, it probably makes sense to refer you to a therapist? I need to talk to my supervisor about who she would recommend."
"Yeah, that--sounds about right. I'd be surprised if there was anything more direct that would work. No health issues other than that."
"Sure, that would be fine." He's going to be nervous about this until it happens so ten minutes is better than tomorrow.
She takes him down the hall to the meeting-room, which feels a lot less, well, clinical; it has cozy armchairs and a glass-topped coffee table, plus a little station in the corner with more water and teas available, and a teeny minifridge with chilled drinks and fruit cups. There’s also a wall panel which claims he can upload books and music to his tablet, if he needs something to pass the time.