Only if I do it wrong, is what Steve thinks - but, for better or worse, doesn't say out loud.

There's some part of him that knows if Winter is upset. If Winter is pleading. Then Steve's gone off the rails somewhere. It's just hard to want to listen to that part when so much more of him feels small and stupid and helpless. When there's an answer in front of him, and he believes maybe he can twist it around to make it work, if he's just clever and strong - ha - enough.

"No one's used their own power against them?" he asks, maybe voicing a little of that thought, if in a roundabout way. He at least sounds calmer. Quieter. Thoughtful - whether that's a good thing or not.