[It's so different and so similar at the same time.

Was that friend him? Another him, a different him? Tony and Natasha had told him that the Bucky of their world hadn't met Steve when they were kids, and their relationship had been different. Friends, yes, but maybe not as fiercely strong as he and the Steve from his world. It's so strange, and it doesn't make this easier.]

I knew someone who didn't believe in running either, he said that once you start then you might never stop.

[Such a dumb idiot.]

That was him, it's not me. I do what I have to in order to survive and keep people around me safe, so I'm going to one more time. Walk away.