She's seen expressions like his after the war, broken men who had seen more than they ever have to. Given that this was a man assumed dead, the term applied.

"We, well yes. I worked with you and the rest of the Howling commandos briefly before," Yeah awkward conversation here. So with as much tact as possible she carried on. "Before you were lost."

Shook his hand with a bit of wonder. "I don't know how you can be here, but I remember Captain Rogers' best friend clearly," she hadn't missed him, he was too handsome to overlook, but her attention had been fixed elsewhere.