"But you have before." That means he wasn't completely off-base in his guess. Whoever this guy is, he might want a soldier in his pocket, someone with the obvious physical prowess and training that Clint has. And Clint wants someone with the control he's seeing.

It works. It's a trade.

He takes a seat where he can see the door, see the windows, where there's no easy way for Ba'al to trap him in. That's not a conscious choice; it's reflex.

"Like what?"