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Just because I apologized doesn't make us friends. [It's been a while since that, so he had long since accepted the defeat, looking at it as a single battle, not the war.

And seeing Schmidt this made really wasn't amusing. Though there's a brief pause at the last question.] Depends on the circumstances. Don't like killing, but sometimes it's necessary.

[Wow, Steve seems ok with it now. Not cool. There's a slight hint of sarcasm in his tone when he speaks next:] And what would it take for us to be friends, captain? How many acts of kindness would I have to perform? I already risked my own life to save people in the warehouse, perhaps that is why Peggy saved my life. Perhaps I convinced her.

[Such disappointment that Steve doesn't respond to his insinuating remarks about Peggy. And then he starts going on about not liking killing and all that. Yargh. Schmidt is starting to regret even making this call, because Steve is free to say what he likes, free to go on about his ideals and just be himself, but Schmidt couldn't really talk openly with him. And yet hanging up on Steve felt akin to running from a fight to him.

Still, he tries to calm down a little, tries to keep the anger and the hate out of his voice when he answers, but he probably fails.] Yes, Peggy was quite insistent of these good qualities of yours. Is that why Erskine chose you, captain, is that what made you special, even if you refuse to see it? [Yup, there's that question again. And he doubts he'll get a satisfactory answer, either. Plus the things Peggy had said to him about why Steve was chosen? Nope, not good enough for him.]

Told you once before, that'd depend on if you can earn my trust. Doing good things...that doesn't make you trustworthy. [He's just saying. And it's honest and completely okay in his book.

And he hears that anger. It's not something he's heard in a while, but what he hears makes a sly smile appear.] Sure you're not the one that was gone a year? Feel like I'm repeating myself more than anything. I told you, Schmidt, there's nothing special about me. That's why I was chosen.

[Believe him if you will, but it was the truth.]

[Snapping again, frustration is evident.] It is enough to make you trustworthy, everyone in Somarium loves you.

[And then Steve goes on about not being special. Again. And that smile? sdfkjslfjs

No. No. NO! Not doing this. He would hit you, Steve, if you were standing in front of him. He would hit you a lot, till you bled. And right now he really wishes you were because, still... all that, "I'm not special" stuff, that... deluded... idea... And Erskine still picked him! It's enough to make Schmidt want to smash the dreamberry right there, since he can't take his anger out any other way.

And he can't keep any of this from his face, either. He just can't do it. This wasn't a good idea, calling Steve. But he couldn't resist and now he was paying for it. And he would make Steve pay for it later, too, he swore he would.]

One day, captain, I will prove you wrong. I promise you. [The vague threat should be evident, but it feels so weak compared to other things he could say.

And he can't take it any more, either, not when Steve is clearly beating him. So he ends the feed, and it's still taking all his willpower not to smash the dreamberry.]

[Steve doesn't get a chance to respond. Schmidt ends the feed promptly before he can, not that Steve cares.

It refreshing for this to go the other way. Normally it was Steve that ended the feeds first.

But enough of that, Steve quickly shuts off his Dreamberry. His first priority was to find Peggy. If Schmidt was back, surely the rest from the warehouse were too....and he couldn't wait to see her again.]

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