No, he wants to protest, he doesn't understand at all, he doesn't understand why someone he'd tried to kill is-- doing whatever it is Steve's doing, helping him, cooperating with him, even while still wearing the Hydra handcuffs. And the Black Widow is letting them both go, aiding and abetting their escape, even though she's--
(Why is Natasha Romanoff not dead?)
Even though she's--
(Wipe him. Make it hurt. Make it last.)
"No," he says finally, sincerely. He doesn't understand. He's a patchwork of blank spaces and corpses, languages he doesn't remember learning and war crimes he doesn't remember committing. For a man like Steve Rogers to rebel against SHIELD over something like him...
But he holds out the keys anyway. Trusting, and meeting Steve's eyes with that same helpless curiosity, knowing full well that he's deviating from the logical course and allowing it to happen anyway.
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(Why is Natasha Romanoff not dead?)
Even though she's--
(Wipe him. Make it hurt. Make it last.)
"No," he says finally, sincerely. He doesn't understand. He's a patchwork of blank spaces and corpses, languages he doesn't remember learning and war crimes he doesn't remember committing. For a man like Steve Rogers to rebel against SHIELD over something like him...
But he holds out the keys anyway. Trusting, and meeting Steve's eyes with that same helpless curiosity, knowing full well that he's deviating from the logical course and allowing it to happen anyway.