He shouldn't have pushed, shouldn't have - the programming was already on guard, ready for something, it wasn't quite the blank slate that Sam'd been both dreading and expecting. Something was missing, he just -
Doesn't have time to figure out what at the moment. He at least had a plan for what to do to protect them mentally. All right, to protect Bucky mentally, but same thing as far as Sam's concerned. He throws up shields around the places in Bucky's mind that feel like home, the parts of Bucky that are his and the parts of Sam that belong to Bucky - as though he could separate them out like that, as though they weren't all mixed together and twisted deep - but it doesn't matter when he can protect them. At the same time, he draws attention to himself, rearing up like he's gonna fight to give the programming something to attack.
It means he leaves himself more open than he should for a physical attack, and he doesn't manage to dodge when the Soldier lunges at him. He shifts as he's knocked to the ground, trying to get away more than trying to land so he doesn't hurt anything.
He scrambles up to try to get into a position more defensible, but it takes longer than he'd like with the way his knee protests. ]
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He shouldn't have pushed, shouldn't have - the programming was already on guard, ready for something, it wasn't quite the blank slate that Sam'd been both dreading and expecting. Something was missing, he just -
Doesn't have time to figure out what at the moment. He at least had a plan for what to do to protect them mentally. All right, to protect Bucky mentally, but same thing as far as Sam's concerned. He throws up shields around the places in Bucky's mind that feel like home, the parts of Bucky that are his and the parts of Sam that belong to Bucky - as though he could separate them out like that, as though they weren't all mixed together and twisted deep - but it doesn't matter when he can protect them. At the same time, he draws attention to himself, rearing up like he's gonna fight to give the programming something to attack.
It means he leaves himself more open than he should for a physical attack, and he doesn't manage to dodge when the Soldier lunges at him. He shifts as he's knocked to the ground, trying to get away more than trying to land so he doesn't hurt anything.
He scrambles up to try to get into a position more defensible, but it takes longer than he'd like with the way his knee protests. ]