"You don't need to be so formal. It's just a birthday dinner." And yet it means a lot to Natasha that Thor's treating it with so much import. It's quietly something she's glad of, that he still cares for the tiny, petty mortals he once called his comrades in arms.

"It doesn't seem right with your people still settling in to ask you to bring anything. I just wanted to know if you'd come. I can handle the cleaning and preparations. Rocket's here helping."