[ It's a respectful answer. He wants it to be an honest one. Not a lot of people have gone out of their way to make sure Bucky has choices, even the people who've treated him alright haven't thought about him in quite those terms. ]
Okay.
[ He isn't saying he's going to let any of his walls down, but if she wants to get to know him, there's some surface stuff he doesn't hold too close to his chest. ]
[She considers the question, then she smiles softly, looks over at him with something a little like interest. Her hands touching her drink, taking a sip, now that she's not quite so weighed down with that tether, with the truth.]
Could make a game of it. Take turns asking questions, but you have to offer something equivalent.
[Not a game she'd created; that had been Sana. Back when Ava had been quiet and guarded and unwilling to give anything away. It makes it safe, keeps from pushing too deep.]
I like drawing, I think I like dancing and I like sparring as long as I don't hurt anyone. What do you enjoy doing, here or- just in general?
[An example, something that's in theory an easy answer, even if her own isn't. The game had also been a way to sort of put rules on basic conversation, because just out of the safehouse Ava hadn't really been good at it. Sana was smarter than people ever gave her credit for.]
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Okay.
[ He isn't saying he's going to let any of his walls down, but if she wants to get to know him, there's some surface stuff he doesn't hold too close to his chest. ]
What do you want to know?
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Could make a game of it. Take turns asking questions, but you have to offer something equivalent.
[Not a game she'd created; that had been Sana. Back when Ava had been quiet and guarded and unwilling to give anything away. It makes it safe, keeps from pushing too deep.]
I like drawing, I think I like dancing and I like sparring as long as I don't hurt anyone. What do you enjoy doing, here or- just in general?
[An example, something that's in theory an easy answer, even if her own isn't. The game had also been a way to sort of put rules on basic conversation, because just out of the safehouse Ava hadn't really been good at it. Sana was smarter than people ever gave her credit for.]