[ His voice trails off, trying and failing to find the right words. It just doesn't track, like a formula that isn't adding up right. How many of her colleagues dead, just because they happened to get in the way of the Winter Soldier and his mission? He remembers flinging one of them almost disdainfully into the engine of one of the SHIELD jets; the ensuing explosion, the burst of heat at his back, the sickly smell of burning flesh, and the Soldier not batting an eye. Bucky remembers it as clearly as if he'd chosen to do it himself.
He wonders what they told that agent's family, if he had one. ]
The way I figure it, I'm the one who owes a debt, Johnson. But okay. If you say so.
[ It's clear he doesn't really believe her, but he can tell they're gonna be stuck here all day otherwise, both trying to valiantly pardon the other. He exhales a sigh. ]
Either way, guess the best revenge is for the both of us is to punch back at the people really responsible, huh?
[ That's one thing he'll have in common with anyone, at the end of the day: a desire to leave HYDRA burning in the rubble. ]
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[ His voice trails off, trying and failing to find the right words. It just doesn't track, like a formula that isn't adding up right. How many of her colleagues dead, just because they happened to get in the way of the Winter Soldier and his mission? He remembers flinging one of them almost disdainfully into the engine of one of the SHIELD jets; the ensuing explosion, the burst of heat at his back, the sickly smell of burning flesh, and the Soldier not batting an eye. Bucky remembers it as clearly as if he'd chosen to do it himself.
He wonders what they told that agent's family, if he had one. ]
The way I figure it, I'm the one who owes a debt, Johnson. But okay. If you say so.
[ It's clear he doesn't really believe her, but he can tell they're gonna be stuck here all day otherwise, both trying to valiantly pardon the other. He exhales a sigh. ]
Either way, guess the best revenge is for the both of us is to punch back at the people really responsible, huh?
[ That's one thing he'll have in common with anyone, at the end of the day: a desire to leave HYDRA burning in the rubble. ]