[Honestly? He hadn't expected her to capitulate like that. He almost stops dead from the shock. And now...shit, that means he should probably say, too, right?]

It's not what you think.

[Even if that seems like it should be. That if there is a power greater than the Stones, then yes, of course, why wouldn't he save Natasha from a what seemed like permanent fate? But that's not it. And he thinks that maybe he shouldn't tell Yelena.]

I did a lot of damage in five years. Not all of it for a greater good. I'm thinking maybe I can be someone different.

[He doesn't really want to invoke the name. Like a malevolent spirit that might get conjured up on speaking it.]