[He might not yet known Natalia as intimately as he had in when they were both part of the Red Room division of HYDRA, but there were impressions of her rebellion, her skills, and her want to be close to him. She was obvious in showing that she wanted him to remember, to break free of the programming that hindered him here in Hell, even if her reasons for doing so may be both selfish and completely innocent.
He understood the full scope of her skills; they had discussed it openly with one another. They both accepted that they were trained and functioned as a threat to the world at large and nothing would take that away. Weapons understood one another, maybe better than any one else because of what they had been through in order to be forged in the first place. He wanted to trust her; he knew he could trust her.
However, Rumlow's warnings were clear and he understood the need for them. How many people had been tricked and hood-winked by her pretty smiles, her apparent honest words and her skills of seduction and murder? She played a game of survival paired with striving to take back both control and the body count that would always be stacked behind her wherever she went. There would never be any escape from it; he wondered when his own memories would make him realize the sheer number of ruined lives that would be evidence as his success as HYDRA's weapon.
Yet, he found himself looking at his commander, his chin slowly dipping into a nod of acknowledgement. When had he ever seen Rumlow vulnerable? Very few times and most of them were physically generated.]
I... know how she was trained. I helped to train her. [No memories but still a certainty.] She had no ability to seduce me because I am a weapon of HYDRA. It's why I've been failing the exercises that you've been giving me, since it seems as if you use seduction as well.
[And the two people who enjoyed Rumlow's bed were evidenced of that. He was certain that the seduction skills could never go to waste, not when they were so useful in gathering up people with skill that could be employed for the cause. He was, at times, impervious to that but watched from afar. Particularly with Chase.]
I trust you as well. But ending her will not solve any problems given that we are immortal down here. If anything, it will raise her suspicions and interest. Best to let her think you have complete control of the situation instead.
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He understood the full scope of her skills; they had discussed it openly with one another. They both accepted that they were trained and functioned as a threat to the world at large and nothing would take that away. Weapons understood one another, maybe better than any one else because of what they had been through in order to be forged in the first place. He wanted to trust her; he knew he could trust her.
However, Rumlow's warnings were clear and he understood the need for them. How many people had been tricked and hood-winked by her pretty smiles, her apparent honest words and her skills of seduction and murder? She played a game of survival paired with striving to take back both control and the body count that would always be stacked behind her wherever she went. There would never be any escape from it; he wondered when his own memories would make him realize the sheer number of ruined lives that would be evidence as his success as HYDRA's weapon.
Yet, he found himself looking at his commander, his chin slowly dipping into a nod of acknowledgement. When had he ever seen Rumlow vulnerable? Very few times and most of them were physically generated.]
I... know how she was trained. I helped to train her. [No memories but still a certainty.] She had no ability to seduce me because I am a weapon of HYDRA. It's why I've been failing the exercises that you've been giving me, since it seems as if you use seduction as well.
[And the two people who enjoyed Rumlow's bed were evidenced of that. He was certain that the seduction skills could never go to waste, not when they were so useful in gathering up people with skill that could be employed for the cause. He was, at times, impervious to that but watched from afar. Particularly with Chase.]
I trust you as well. But ending her will not solve any problems given that we are immortal down here. If anything, it will raise her suspicions and interest. Best to let her think you have complete control of the situation instead.