Nakia nods, and glances at T'Challa, whose stormy brow eloquently describes his feelings on the matter. He meets her gaze and nods back, reluctant but firm.

"What kind of a show of strength?" Sam Wilson wonders, and Nakia looks back to the White Wolf.

This will be hardest on him, for so many reasons, but he is determined and so she will support him as well as she can. "With the Winter Soldier as your bodyguard," she tells Sam, "someone will attempt to accost you." Her gaze is perfectly level.

"Your bodyguard will protect you until you give the order for him to cease. Is that correct, White Wolf?"