What frightens him is that a part of him doesn't care any more. The part that's edging closer to shutting down from Bucky Barnes and accepting missions again, the one with no autonomy. Barely human, just an asset.
But he's not that man now and he's fighting it as hard as he can. It hurts to deny Steve, but maybe the safest thing he can do for both of them right now is lie.]
Steve Rogers, right? I talked to him when I first got here, I don't know him otherwise. I don't know how he ended up in that place, probably the same way you did.
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What frightens him is that a part of him doesn't care any more. The part that's edging closer to shutting down from Bucky Barnes and accepting missions again, the one with no autonomy. Barely human, just an asset.
But he's not that man now and he's fighting it as hard as he can. It hurts to deny Steve, but maybe the safest thing he can do for both of them right now is lie.]
Steve Rogers, right? I talked to him when I first got here, I don't know him otherwise. I don't know how he ended up in that place, probably the same way you did.