A mountain might have been easier to convince, actually. Coulson's voice was as measured as ever. "Not talking about you causing trouble for once, believe it or not, although I don't doubt your skill at it in the least. It's still my job to keep you as safe as I can within the boundaries of what's reasonably possible. When a Cocker Spaniel can make you look like a dwarf, the number of things that can harm you grows dramatically, and even if you're home, you're not able to communicate if something goes wrong. And I'm not going to see it happen. I'm not going to toss my responsibility to you away just because it happens to be inconvenient."