He thought over it for a moment. (No, not many things, not ones he understood or had a clear way of thinking how to achieve, at any rate.)
"I told you back at the party. I need... to learn. About all the things that I've lost, wiped and wiped again. Some of them, I can fill in by watching. You're the first person who wasn't... intimidated away by the way I am. And I still want to learn." A slight head-tilt. "And I don't think there's a way you'll stay safe if you only know part of the story. It's hard to believe with all the pieces available."
His mouth pursed. "Besides, if I didn't give you answers and you decided to pursue them, and me, anyway, I'd have one more person, one whom I don't know and can't predict, to watch for going after me. Hydra's plenty enough."
He may not have realized, yet, that Steve was after him, too, but he knew it wasn't a threatening type of pursuit.
Silence stretched for a little longer, before he added, "and I enjoyed talking with you. Not something I'm used to."
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He thought over it for a moment. (No, not many things, not ones he understood or had a clear way of thinking how to achieve, at any rate.)
"I told you back at the party. I need... to learn. About all the things that I've lost, wiped and wiped again. Some of them, I can fill in by watching. You're the first person who wasn't... intimidated away by the way I am. And I still want to learn." A slight head-tilt. "And I don't think there's a way you'll stay safe if you only know part of the story. It's hard to believe with all the pieces available."
His mouth pursed. "Besides, if I didn't give you answers and you decided to pursue them, and me, anyway, I'd have one more person, one whom I don't know and can't predict, to watch for going after me. Hydra's plenty enough."
He may not have realized, yet, that Steve was after him, too, but he knew it wasn't a threatening type of pursuit.
Silence stretched for a little longer, before he added, "and I enjoyed talking with you. Not something I'm used to."