[Bucky's looking for other people too, but sort of in the other direction. If he runs into good people, he definitely doesn't just move right along - he stops and tries to help as best he can, or at least touches base - but his primary focus is finding out who's going to cause trouble, and who's creeping too close to wherever he, Steve and Helena have set up camp.
It's more or less what he'd done during the war, too, after being assigned to the Commandos. Hell, back when he'd been with the 107th too, because occasionally he'd had to make some kind of probing patrol after the Anzio breakout. He's good at it, too, and it's easier when you don't have a group of eight terrified privates and a bossy, idiot Lieutenant tripping over his own feet.
But in a lot of ways, this is way harder than it had ever been back then, because back then, you saw a uniform and knew this guy was your enemy. Now, you see your friend's face, and you're not sure if they're going to come running at you to attack, or act the way they're supposed to.
So when he winds up crossing paths with Kira, he doesn't show himself immediately, crouching in the underbrush instead. She wasn't here the last time this happened, so he has no idea what to expect from her other self, if she is different.
Admittedly, she doesn't know what his other self is like either, which could be its whole own set of issues.]
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It's more or less what he'd done during the war, too, after being assigned to the Commandos. Hell, back when he'd been with the 107th too, because occasionally he'd had to make some kind of probing patrol after the Anzio breakout. He's good at it, too, and it's easier when you don't have a group of eight terrified privates and a bossy, idiot Lieutenant tripping over his own feet.
But in a lot of ways, this is way harder than it had ever been back then, because back then, you saw a uniform and knew this guy was your enemy. Now, you see your friend's face, and you're not sure if they're going to come running at you to attack, or act the way they're supposed to.
So when he winds up crossing paths with Kira, he doesn't show himself immediately, crouching in the underbrush instead. She wasn't here the last time this happened, so he has no idea what to expect from her other self, if she is different.
Admittedly, she doesn't know what his other self is like either, which could be its whole own set of issues.]