"Getting there." Tony's fingers clenched his knee from under Thor's grip. "Every one of them that took Cap's side in the debate--fugitives. Imprisoned the part. God, Thor, I didn't choose that."

'If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose.' Steve Rogers' voice echoed in his head. His throat tightened and his voice dropped.

"I tried to appeal to him once more. Rogers. I thought anything was fixable with enough dialogue. Then the man orchestrating it all played the last card. The--the footage of the night. And I played right into his game. Rogers and Barnes gone, that left everyone who took his side where I left them." There was no pride, not even a touch of the sense of justification in Tony's voice--simply remorse. "They got out. Rogers came through--always does, that one. Still at large from where I'm sitting. Apparently doesn't stay that way forever."