[It's a good job this is text and Pierce can't see how desperate that response is. He's not exactly wrong, but Bucky isn't angry, he's terrified, confused, and distraught.]
1) I triggered you because I was given no choice. I asked and ordered you to stop before I was put in a position to escalate with the only defense I had left. Do you deny that?
2) Because it's my job.
3) There was no reason to keep you. At the rate you're going, you'll self-destruct in no time. I wanted to show you that things between us could be different; I am not Colonel Karpov.
[All of that sounds so reasonable when put like that, and that's what makes it so much worse. It digs under his skin like filth, but he doesn't know how to put that into words.]
[Pierce had no doubt about that. The Soldier would be scarce and avoid any contact in future, which left him open to move on with his own foundation building in peace and relative quiet.]
Of the two of us, who has a track record of hunting the other down? You needn't worry about my approach on anything other than completely incidental.
[He has been in contact with those people on the network, which he supposed made them off-limits now? A shame for now anyway.]
I will keep that in mind. As I said, the point is moot if I'm invited or circumstances force us together for overnight lock down. I will keep my contact limited to obsolete.
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[That's almost an angry accusation. It feels almost worse, somehow, to have been treated so well.]
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And I didn't, so now you're angry.
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[It's a good job this is text and Pierce can't see how desperate that response is. He's not exactly wrong, but Bucky isn't angry, he's terrified, confused, and distraught.]
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Free will, memories, identity.
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[The emphasis on the final word probably is a clue that Bucky's using voice to text, and that bit was shouted.]
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2) Because it's my job.
3) There was no reason to keep you. At the rate you're going, you'll self-destruct in no time. I wanted to show you that things between us could be different; I am not Colonel Karpov.
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I won't come after you again.
[At least he's learned that much.]
But I will kill you if you come near me.
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Of the two of us, who has a track record of hunting the other down? You needn't worry about my approach on anything other than completely incidental.
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I'll kill you if you go near the people I care about too.
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Very well. Give me a list of names and I will avoid contact. Also, the threat is moot if I am invited.
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Steve, John, Davesprite, Charlie, Clint, Natasha, Tony, Ecks, Kesara.
[Some of those people are dead, but it's all a bit muddled who is and who isn't at the moment.]
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I will keep that in mind. As I said, the point is moot if I'm invited or circumstances force us together for overnight lock down. I will keep my contact limited to obsolete.
Does that satisfy you?
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Yeah.
[And with that, he hangs up.]