"And when was the last time I said that?" Orpheus snaps.
He turns around a moment to take a deep breath, calm himself. His hand rubs over the back of his neck.
"Of course I would. Of course I want to. I can't.... You have no idea what it was like waiting in the bar. I can't do that again. I don't care about the danger. I don't have a reason to, and you need to stop thinking you have to protect me from your life."
He turns again, looking hard at Steve. "I understand that you're going into this blind, but you don't have to go into it alone. You shouldn't want to."
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He turns around a moment to take a deep breath, calm himself. His hand rubs over the back of his neck.
"Of course I would. Of course I want to. I can't.... You have no idea what it was like waiting in the bar. I can't do that again. I don't care about the danger. I don't have a reason to, and you need to stop thinking you have to protect me from your life."
He turns again, looking hard at Steve. "I understand that you're going into this blind, but you don't have to go into it alone. You shouldn't want to."