[He has to laugh, strangled and frayed in contrast to Bucky's firm tone, for lack of a better way to cope with the things it does to him when Bucky says things like this. And how he means them, keeps meaning it and following through. Stop that.]
She offered to ignore my existence if I were to leave. [Isn't that funny. As if he could.] Right now, dangerous as they may be, hunters don't matter. I need to know how much this will draw them out.
[Their friends in the science division :'| He might be feeling rather desperate.]