He allows himself a moment to feel the breath-taking wave of sick fury that floods through him, his fingers clenching on his knees.

(They have to find a way. Tony can do it. He promised not to ask, and he won't, but Tony's already thinking about it, isn't he?)

"So making a decision like that," he says, slowly, forcing down the pain and horror. It won't help, and it'll only make Bucky feel worse if he rages helplessly against something that's already happened. "It goes against the conditioning."