She knew he was right and well she had known that even before he had told her that, she had realized that Hydra was going to be an entity that was never going to truly disappear, the realization had hit her since the moment she had discovered the organization was still alive and thriving within the one that she was slowly dedicating her life to and that Peggy had helped to create, something that had enraged her a bit, and she could probably dedicate her life to try to eradicate it, but then she couldn’t quite oversee the world had also other threats asides from them.

“I am quite aware of that.” Though it was probable that their ideas of elimination differed like an abysm, she had seen his methods and idea to achieve that mean piled outside the museum, and in truth she was still on the fence about what exactly could be done to contain them, killing just wasn’t her style but then there was also a part of her that hated them so much, she didn’t wanted to lose sight of herself when it came to this.

There was a small frown on her face at his words. “I never said you didn’t mean anything to me, I wouldn’t have gone after you if you were nothing to me.” And yes the wounded look hurt her, it did, but she tried to keep her expression composed, not knowing what could be perceived as weakness for him right now. “I never left you behind, but I couldn’t force you to something you might not have wanted or felt ready for, we made a promise a long time ago and I always keep those, Bucky.”