[ Prior has no such thoughts of potential aggression, no striking instinct to question motives, but it's not exactly because he's a trusting individual. What he senses in Bucky is familiar, at least at the roots, although he'd never outright accuse anyone of having pedestrian origins; being from near the bottom himself, it's not hard to recognize. ]
I don't make a point of concerning myself with the comfort of certain strangers.
[ The haughtiness comes from a place within Billy that deplores corporations and money, that finds frustration in the common practice of creating a need for sacrifice while sacrificing nothing of your own. People like that are the reason people like Prior (and very likely Barnes) need to exist in the first place.
When he's settled back again, he crosses his arms and nods his head toward Bucky's arm. ]
A gift from your Uncle Sam?
[ Less antagonistic, more rueful. His own wounds — gifts from Queen and Country — aren't nearly as obvious. ]
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I don't make a point of concerning myself with the comfort of certain strangers.
[ The haughtiness comes from a place within Billy that deplores corporations and money, that finds frustration in the common practice of creating a need for sacrifice while sacrificing nothing of your own. People like that are the reason people like Prior (and very likely Barnes) need to exist in the first place.
When he's settled back again, he crosses his arms and nods his head toward Bucky's arm. ]
A gift from your Uncle Sam?
[ Less antagonistic, more rueful. His own wounds — gifts from Queen and Country — aren't nearly as obvious. ]