[Much as she tries to meet his eye, he doesn't lift his head, his gaze fixated on his hands. She's scary to look at right now, and hell if he's going to endure her gaze if he can avoid it.]
Yeah, because that worked out so well for Captain America.
[He knows people could be locked up. He'd seen plenty of them in that state, and he'd seen how well the proto-cure worked with Pepper, too.
But. But. Escape was possible. And so was death, and murder, and maiming of people he knew, people he loved. His friends, his family.
Is it so hard to believe that he didn't want that?]
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Yeah, because that worked out so well for Captain America.
[He knows people could be locked up. He'd seen plenty of them in that state, and he'd seen how well the proto-cure worked with Pepper, too.
But. But. Escape was possible. And so was death, and murder, and maiming of people he knew, people he loved. His friends, his family.
Is it so hard to believe that he didn't want that?]