Oh - he didn't expect John to sound so affected by it, and his face pivots towards the too-young voice with a look of concern.
"It's- I'll explain later, John," he says quietly, trying to go for soothing and probably missing the mark, given the content. There's nothing gained in upsetting him more now by going into it when they're trying to report something.
To Bucky, then, his tone goes back to level and closed off. "Not from the driver himself, but we were able to discover that using a vehicle from outside the town, o-or even being in the same vehicle as a local doesn't work either. So there's got to be something marking us, independent of the locals that prevents us from leaving no matter what."
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"It's- I'll explain later, John," he says quietly, trying to go for soothing and probably missing the mark, given the content. There's nothing gained in upsetting him more now by going into it when they're trying to report something.
To Bucky, then, his tone goes back to level and closed off. "Not from the driver himself, but we were able to discover that using a vehicle from outside the town, o-or even being in the same vehicle as a local doesn't work either. So there's got to be something marking us, independent of the locals that prevents us from leaving no matter what."