Winter considers that, chewing on the inside of his cheek a moment. "And I never wanted to be powerful," he says, half-realizing it as he says it. He never wanted the thing he turned into. That's why they had to put those words into his head, had to wipe him, had to hurt him. He didn't want it. So now that he can only have it by hurting people, it's not as hard to turn his back.

Except: "Steve. He always did. He wanted to be. To be useful. To be strong enough to protect people. Except that strength isn't going to protect people here."