"Typically, I have very good reasons. Harming a dog wouldn't get me what I want... just your gun in my face, yes?" And the same if he harmed Bucky. Maybe. Maybe Bucky would find it a welcome relief...

"But this is a new you, isn't it? I don't know how the new you responds to old words, or what your desires are. Books... are clinical, for the most part. There may be a stray comment about the human element here and there, but it isn't quite the same as seeing it with one's own eyes, I find."