[ Of course humans were rioting. How else could they be expected to respond, given the way that they've been treated? To try and boil it down to some sort of synapse or reaction in their brains is oversimplifying it.

The very idea that Steve's righteous anger is really just the response to some kind of radiation is ridiculous.

Isn't it? ]

I don't care about being safe. I care about being free, and the way we're being treated right now, it's not freedom. [ This is a social issue, not a scientific issue, and Steve doesn't know how to make Fitz see that. Or if there even is a way to do it.

Steve heaves in a breath and then lets it out again, his frown still in place. Though this time his voice is a little quieter as he questions Fitz. ] You really don't think that the humans who are rioting have good reason to be upset...?