He's noticed it long before Arthur, but hasn't said anything. His jaw is tightly clenched, eyebrows furrowed deeper than usual. All the signs are there, but they're all visual. He might be able to hear a few taps on a pedal, but it'd be easy to assume that Bucky hit the brakes rather than the accelerator.
Eventually, rather than risking any harm to the vehicle or to his passenger, Bucky pulls over and yanks up the handbrake, kills the engine.
"Stay here," Bucky says rather unhelpfully as his seatbelt unclicks. And then, two seconds later, a weight is placed on Arthur's lap. The back of Bucky's cold hand nudges Arthur's wrist over until his fingertips brush against the grip of the knife.
"No one around, but. Just in case. If one of the doors open again and you don't hear 'purple mermaid' in the first three seconds - even if it sounds like my voice - start stabbing." A firm reassuring squeeze on Arthur's shoulder, and Bucky gets out of the car, door shutting behind him. He has no knowledge of magic, how it works, no real understanding of what happened in Westview with Wanda beyond what coverups and conspiracy theories trickled in through the news.
Actually he doesn't know how the Wakandans do it either, even though he's crossed that barrier several times before. Technology or magic, he doesn't approach the invisible barrier with too much trepidation. He's just hoping - although realistically he's not holding out too much hope - to find... something. If it's a device, he could maybe dismantle it. Who knows.
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Eventually, rather than risking any harm to the vehicle or to his passenger, Bucky pulls over and yanks up the handbrake, kills the engine.
"Stay here," Bucky says rather unhelpfully as his seatbelt unclicks. And then, two seconds later, a weight is placed on Arthur's lap. The back of Bucky's cold hand nudges Arthur's wrist over until his fingertips brush against the grip of the knife.
"No one around, but. Just in case. If one of the doors open again and you don't hear 'purple mermaid' in the first three seconds - even if it sounds like my voice - start stabbing." A firm reassuring squeeze on Arthur's shoulder, and Bucky gets out of the car, door shutting behind him. He has no knowledge of magic, how it works, no real understanding of what happened in Westview with Wanda beyond what coverups and conspiracy theories trickled in through the news.
Actually he doesn't know how the Wakandans do it either, even though he's crossed that barrier several times before. Technology or magic, he doesn't approach the invisible barrier with too much trepidation. He's just hoping - although realistically he's not holding out too much hope - to find... something. If it's a device, he could maybe dismantle it. Who knows.