Not the kind of valuable he meant, but it's still... nice... to hear that he has that kind of value, too. He would, he thinks, rather have that kind of value than the kind where he'd be reconditioned to fight for another team. (Has that ever happened? Surely that's never happened? He's always belonged to HYDRA, until he belonged to ADI. Right?)

"I don't add that much to your life, Kate," he tells her, and there's a bit of actual tone: a note of fondness, a thread of apology. "But I will try harder not to get caught next time."