Yes. We are. [There's a hardness to the statement that wouldn't have been there six months ago. A coldness that Steve isn't sure he likes, but knows he can't shed.] Captain America was a propaganda machine before the name ever meant anything real. Every soldier is a tool, a cog. The most we can do is decide who's pulling our levers, and whether or not we trust them to use us well.

[He softens, a little, remembering the faces of the people on the street.] Or we do what we did today. We decide for ourselves.