[She scolds and he bites his tongue, taking it. But God does he want to argue. He almost gets killed a lot, but that probably isn't a very helpful argument and would very likely start something worse. He doesn't want that.

Yes, it was a confession. One he doesn't expect her to forgive or fully understand, but he needed to get it out as much as he hated to do it at the same time. The way she says his name almost stings, but he doesn't show it. If he knew she was wondering whether she had a part in approving of his plan, he'd more than emphatically tell her she wasn't in the loop. She held no fault here. It was all him. He wouldn't even let blame fall on Bruce if he could help it. They had an idea, he rushed it.

He rushed it because he killed them all. He didn't do enough to protect everyone and he lost everyone he cared about. How could he not rush it?

She mentions Steve and he scoffs, looking away.]

I don't know when the guy's from exactly, but he's not my biggest fan right now. I think he might be a bit before me? Maybe not. Getting the 'cold shoulder' vibe. But I spoke to the Maximoff girl and she seemed willing to not kill me, so I'm gonna assume it went okay. [Granted, it was before he he went in the deep freeze, but it still counted.]