[ He lets Zemo draw his gaze upwards, still wrestling with the urge to hide his emotions after so long being a stony killer. But something he says makes Bucky's face twist. ]
You weren't a nightmare. [ It sounds ludicrous of course, how could someone who would activate the Winter Soldier not trigger nightmares? ] You never made me kill anyone.
[ Sure, he sent Bucky to the worst place imaginable, quoted words that stripped Bucky of his free will. But there was no mission. No sanctions, no targets, no objectives. Just information about a report from thirty years ago, and the location of the other Winter Soldiers.
That Zemo intended Bucky to be his escort and not his slave said much more than anything after the fact. Of course, Bucky can't justify the way Zemo turned his friends against each other (even if he understands it), but the man stands alone, a singular category amongst decades of Soviet and HYDRA overlords. ]
And I know you won't kill me now. [ A beat. Wry: ] Right?
When booty calls turn to Feels
You weren't a nightmare. [ It sounds ludicrous of course, how could someone who would activate the Winter Soldier not trigger nightmares? ] You never made me kill anyone.
[ Sure, he sent Bucky to the worst place imaginable, quoted words that stripped Bucky of his free will. But there was no mission. No sanctions, no targets, no objectives. Just information about a report from thirty years ago, and the location of the other Winter Soldiers.
That Zemo intended Bucky to be his escort and not his slave said much more than anything after the fact. Of course, Bucky can't justify the way Zemo turned his friends against each other (even if he understands it), but the man stands alone, a singular category amongst decades of Soviet and HYDRA overlords. ]
And I know you won't kill me now. [ A beat. Wry: ] Right?