Whereas before the blows that connected were the exception, not the rule, it's the opposite, now, the dynamic changed. Though Bucky doesn't let his thoughts linger on that fact for very long, it's hard not to notice that more of his shots are landing without resistance, that Steve's keeping himself vulnerable and open to attack. For what cause, Bucky's admittedly unsure.

A better person might have taken it as a sign to stop or slow down; he doesn't. If anything, he lets himself fall deeper into his rage, not drowning, but reveling in it, too blinded to pay any mind to the guilt that's begun to gnaw at him. This isn't right. He's more than this. But with everything that's gone down, he's committed to seeing it through, because he's knows of no other way to get his point across, and it's a point that should be made.

"Fight back."