[Ben had a choice. Manticore wanted him to think he didn't, that none of them did, and he didn't have any other choices that would have allowed him to do much differently, but he did have some choices. This is what he's had to learn, here. How to live with the responsibility that comes with free agency, how to live as a victim that is no longer a victim of anyone.

No one but Bucky can know the extent of what happened to him; it is the same for Ben, no matter how anyone else tries, how many files they have on him and his life, the things he did. He is grateful for the attempts but at the end of the day, he is alone with himself. Bucky is alone with himself.

But not alone, period.]

There were reasons that you didn't. I know you. I am your friend still, and I would listen, or not, as you like. But there is no reason to blame yourself for what has happened.