"Don't care what they told you," he says dismissiveness in his tone to match the shake of his head. "I asked how you felt about it."
Not supposed to have opinions. More comparisons to the robot mother he once knew. He can't help drawing on that, even if it's been decades since Grace was actually anything like an integral part of his life. It's a trained response, much the same as the polite and gentle refusals and redirects Grace was programmed with that, bottom line, still pushed what Reginald wanted out of them, albeit in a softer manner than the man himself could have ever managed.
"Well, here's what I think," he can make some broad, sweeping assumptions even with this very limited information, "I think your government, or your military, or whatever other entity this HYDRA group is actually connected to snatched you up, gaslit the shit out of you and made you a weapon. And I think that their sense of order and freedom are probably not very free if you're not allowed to have opinions under them."
He cants his head a little to one side, considering it all for a moment. "And I also think that if you belonged to them. Past tense. What they wanted out of you doesn't fucking matter anymore."
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Not supposed to have opinions. More comparisons to the robot mother he once knew. He can't help drawing on that, even if it's been decades since Grace was actually anything like an integral part of his life. It's a trained response, much the same as the polite and gentle refusals and redirects Grace was programmed with that, bottom line, still pushed what Reginald wanted out of them, albeit in a softer manner than the man himself could have ever managed.
"Well, here's what I think," he can make some broad, sweeping assumptions even with this very limited information, "I think your government, or your military, or whatever other entity this HYDRA group is actually connected to snatched you up, gaslit the shit out of you and made you a weapon. And I think that their sense of order and freedom are probably not very free if you're not allowed to have opinions under them."
He cants his head a little to one side, considering it all for a moment. "And I also think that if you belonged to them. Past tense. What they wanted out of you doesn't fucking matter anymore."