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[He looks slightly nervous. He still... doesn't do this talking thing well, and he doesn't really see the point of introducing himself to everyone. Making himself known to the entire network... showing his face on a recorded device... he's not supposed to, and it's just a bad idea for an assassin but...

But Steve said he should, so... well. He is.]

...hello.

[He swallows, his gaze flickering off to the side, where, unseen to the camera, Steve is nodding and giving him a thumbs up.]

I'm... Bucky.

[He hesitates when he says it, because... it's the first time he's said it. That he can remember.]

I was told I've been here before, but I don't remember.

[He frowns.]

So I'm sorry. If you knew me before. I don't remember you.

[He glances over to the side again, shifts, shakes his head. He's done, he doesn't want to do this anymore.]

That's it.

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[Her lips quirk to the side. Yes, Bucky most likely has found Steve.]

I'll bet he has.

Hello, boyscout. [Obviously not directed at Bucky, even if Steve is off camera.]

Maybe some magic can help get your memories back. Or those boons people get from time to time. You could ask to have your memory restored.

[After glancing once over to where Steve is, he looks back. He's heard about the boons of course, but he hadn't really thought about applying them to his memories.

He wonders if that's actually a good idea.]

Maybe.

Just think carefully on it, gorgeous.

I don't know anything about you, but anyone can tell by just looking at you that you've been through a lot.

You might not like what you remember.

[He nods.]

I know.

[But he has to take the bad with the good. Whatever it is.]

Well, try to keep your chin up. A person's past doesn't make their future.

[She winks at him.]

We've all got things we'd rather forget.

[He does his one-shoulder shrug and shakes his head.]

But not everything.

Awwww. Don't look so glum.

You'll get it back. With all the monarchs and magic, more is possible here than a lot of places.

["Don't look so glum?" Wow, that's easy for her to say.

...she's trying to help. Probably. He sighs and nods.]

[Yeah it's easy for her to say! She's not the icicle assassin. She means well, though. Sometimes meaning well also means poking fun at you a bit. That's just her way.]

So what are you going to do now? Catch up on old times? [She images he and Steve could talk about quite a lot.]

[He frowns.]

Would if I could remember them.

I meant more like he would catch you up on old times.

[Oh.]

I guess.

We're going to keep working on your social skills.

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Chloe.

[He nods, not surprised that she figured it out.]

[It wasn't that hard to put it together. She'd spoken to Bucky twice already.]

I met your friend at the unseelie feast. I'm starting to think you know more people on my side than I do.

[Not that she really thinks of sides in all this.]

IF it helps, he was Seelie once before. Maybe he will be again.

Ooooh, is that your plan?

Sneaky.

Can people do that?

There's no plan. I just have to believe that anything's possible in a place with fairies and magic.

Have you ever known it to happen?

No. Bucky's changed now, but the guy he was before is still in there too. Either way, he's still my best friend.

[He hears that, it's impossible for him not to, and he shifts in his seat slightly. It's still hard to see himself in that light, but Steve's overwhelming faith in him is... it's intense.]

He's lucky to have you.

[There are few in the world she'd rely upon and none of them are here.]

Oh, here's an idea. Why don't you change sides instead?

Then you'd be with your best friend and your girlfriend.

[It would solve all his alliance problems at once.]

[Steve's expression softens at that. He feels like the luckier one lately.]

I don't really care much about either side enough to really worry about it. I'm gonna be a stone's throw away for awhile, no matter where he is.

As much as you can manage.

But what happens if the monarchs throw us all somewhere against our will? Remember the hunt for the moon?

[Unseelie had no choice. They were snatched from where they were and tossed into the tunnels.]

If something like that should happen, you might not be able to reach him. Or your girlfriend.

[Unless they were on the same side, of course. If Steve doesn't care about sides, he should be on the one that benefits him the most.]

You think that's why I did that?

[Steve didn't do it because they sent him there. He didn't have a gun pointed to his head, and he didn't see one against hers either. And even if there had been...well, there's still always a choice.]

It wasn't.