[ He should've done more than warn, though. That's where he keeps kicking himself. He thought it might minimize the potential risks to her safety to keep a sort of precarious detente for a while, but he was so stupid to. All his waiting did was further tangle Kenzi up with a HYDRA agent.
But he won't let her down now. ]
It's not on you. [ It's strange to be on this end of such a conversation, considering the exchange he had with Steve mere hours before the two of them woke up in the hospital here in Wayward Pines.
('I don't know if I'm worth all this, Steve.' And even as Steve assured him that he wasn't to blame for what happened, all he could say was, 'I know. But I did it.')
But Kenzi isn't him. She's not the one holding any gun. Anything Rumlow does, anything he chooses to be, Kenzi isn't to blame. ]
It's not. [ He's firm as he repeats it, looking into Kenzi's eyes with open, honest sincerity. Here he is, the real Bucky Barnes, no pretenses of playing any role for the cameras. ] Whatever he does, it's not your fault. And if he tries anything, we can take him.
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But he won't let her down now. ]
It's not on you. [ It's strange to be on this end of such a conversation, considering the exchange he had with Steve mere hours before the two of them woke up in the hospital here in Wayward Pines.
('I don't know if I'm worth all this, Steve.' And even as Steve assured him that he wasn't to blame for what happened, all he could say was, 'I know. But I did it.')
But Kenzi isn't him. She's not the one holding any gun. Anything Rumlow does, anything he chooses to be, Kenzi isn't to blame. ]
It's not. [ He's firm as he repeats it, looking into Kenzi's eyes with open, honest sincerity. Here he is, the real Bucky Barnes, no pretenses of playing any role for the cameras. ] Whatever he does, it's not your fault. And if he tries anything, we can take him.