IMPERIAL INFILTRATION LOG: VIII–963–019 (Patreon)

SKRULLOS STANDARD — 19TH ROTATION, 8TH CYCLE, YEAR 963 OF THE EMPIRETO: THE HIGH PRIEST OF EXOGENOUS CULTUREFROM: HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY, VERANKESUBJECT: HUMAN NOSTALGIA AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

High Priest,

Your cultural briefings devote considerable attention to what humans desire, but scarcely examine how their remembered experiences shape those aspirations. Kindly instruct your scholars to investigate what they miss. Such an oversight leaves our infiltrators ill-equipped to anticipate human behavior, placing the invasion at needless risk.

Jessica Drew’s wardrobe serves our purposes admirably. However, my recent assignment involving Captain America required an excursion to a local establishment to procure a period ensemble of rather dubious modesty. This particularly feeble human seemed remarkably sentimental over a few historical scraps of fabric. A little pastiche proved sufficient to purchase considerable cooperation by furnishing a pleasing reminder of his bygone days.Humans call this sentiment “nostalgia.”

Our people, of course, also preserve relics, honor vanished worlds, and draw strength from the remembrance of former glories. Those observances possess sacred purpose. I trust your department can explain the distinction with greater precision than merely assuring me that ours are justified.

Meanwhile, amend the infiltration manuals. We must better understand which portions of their past these humans long to recover, and how readily they will trust whoever appears to return them.

Earth will be ours. As it is written. He loves us.P.S. Watson’s reaction to Captain America’s state of undress also warrants examination. Kindly determine whether your department classifies such behavior as a cultural peculiarity or whether this particular woman simply requires a separate dossier.[TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED]S.H.I.E.L.D. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DIVISION

FILE: INVASIVE SECRETIONSDECRYPTION OPERATIVES: TRACY SCOPS & BLACKHOOD9043VISUAL RECONNAISSANCE: X-GEEKSECURE UPLINK: TRACYVERSE.COMTHREAT LEVEL: PLANETARYTHREAT CLASSIFICATION: SKRULL INFILTRATIONPRIORITY: CRITICALSTATUS: ACTIVE