The admission that Steve mentioned him often shouldn't have surprised him, given the man's actions here, but he still found himself speechless. The touch on his left side drew his eye for a second, but he didn't react to it otherwise except to move towards the establishment.

Once they were inside and seated, the former Sergeant only asked for water and a snack; it wasn't as if drinks had any effect on him anymore. He planned to pay for whatever Carter ordered as well, given the fact that he'd been there for likely a lot longer than she had, although he wouldn't argue if she insisted on taking care of her own tab.

He wondered how to bring up Steve again without her emotional reactions causing something to break. That was often what happened whenever he was shocked by something, so despite the fact that he wasn't good at conversation or social skills in general, he knew he had to try. After taking a deep breath, he finally returned his eyes to her and spoke.

"It won't make much sense, but," he started before biting his lip for a moment. "I'm from the year 2014. I got... frozen, basically."

He decided it would be better to just keep the brainwashed HYDRA assassin parts under wraps for now.