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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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[He looks right back at him.]

No.

Going out is a bad plan.

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Fine.

[And not a compromise, which is something that he's never been good at. It's not agreement or surrender either.

It's a tight-lipped smile and a 'I still fully intend to do the thing but you've bought yourself some time' sort of thing.]

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[...he knows that face. He knows that goddamn face.]

And going alone is a worse plan.

[If Steve's going anywhere, he's going with him.]

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Funny, I think I've heard that before.

[And Bucky's the one who told him. The familiarity is bittersweet, because right now he wouldn't dream of asking Bucky to come with him, couldn't allow it. Everything is still too uncertain to risk it.

Steve sighs.]

I wonder if Yukari saw anything.

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[Steve might not dream of asking, but that doesn't mean he won't follow anyway.

And since pursuing a line of questioning isn't going out guns blazing, he doesn't mind the comment.]

She might have.

not here.

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[ well....... ]